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The Astronomical League's
BINOCULAR
MESSIER CLUB  

Rules and Regulations
Appendices
Messier List

Appendix C is for reference purposes, listing all 110 of the Messier objects, the times when they are best observed, and in constellation sequence. So, if you are wondering what is the best time of the year to observe a Messier object, refer to Appendix C. Appendix C tells by season each object's coordinates, their NGC numbers, the constellation they are located in, and their sizes and magnitudes. Appendix C also lists all of the Messier objects in the exact same order as the Astronomical League's Observe manual Observe: A Guide to the Messier Objects, in case you are using that as an observing aide.

NGC#     R.A.   Dec   Mag Typ Con Size  Messier

224   0 42.8  41:16   4.5 Gal And 178'       31
221   0 42.8  40:52  10.0 Gal And 8'x6'      32
205   0 40.4  41:41  10.0 Gal And 17'xl0'   110
598   1 33.9  30:40   7.0 Gal Tri 73'x45'    33
7654 23 24.2  61:35   8.0 OCI Cas 13.0'      52
581   1 33.2  60:42   7.0 OCI Cas 6.0'      103
1039  2 42.0  42:47   6.0 OCI Per 35.0'      34
650   1 42.4  51:34  12.0 PIN Per 163"xl 07" 76
1952  5 34.5  22:01   9.0 PIN Tau 6 x4'       1
1432  3 47.0  24:07   1.4 OCI Tau 110.0'     45
1960  5 36.1  34:08   6.5 OCI Aur 12.0'      36
2099  5 52.4  32:33   6.0 OCI Aur 24.0'      37
1912  5 28.7  35:50   7.0 OCI Aur 21.0'      38
1976  5 35.3  -5:23   5.0 DfN Ori 85'x60'    42
1982  5 35.5  -5:16   7.0 DfN Ori 20'xl5'    43
2068  5 46.8   0:04   8.0 DfN Ori 8'x6'      78
1904  5 24.5 -24:33   8.5 GCI Lep 8.7'       79
2168  6 08.9  24:20   5.5 OCI Gem 28.0'      35
2323  7 03.2  -8:20   7.0 OCI Mon 16.0'      50
2287  6 47.0 -20:44   5.0 OCI CMa 38.0'      41
2437  7 41.8 -14:49   6.5 OCI Pup 27.0'      46
2422  7 36.6 -14:30   4.5 OCI Pup 30.0'      47
2447  7 44.6 -23:05   6.5 OCI Pup 22.0'      93

NGC#      R.A.   Dec  Mag Typ Con Size  Messier

2632   8 40.1  19:59  4.0 OCI Cnc 95.0'      44
2682   8 50.4  11:49  7.5 OCI Cnc 30.0'      67
2548   8 13.8  -5:48  5.5 OCI Hya 54.0'      48
3031   9 55.6  69:40  8.5 Gal UMa 21'xl0'    81
3034   9 55.9  69:41  9.5 Gal UMa 9'x4'      82
3587  11 14.8  55:01 12.0 PIN UMa 202"xl96"  97
3556  11 11.6  55:41 11.0 Gal UMa 8'xl'     108
3992  11 57.6  53:23 11.0 Gal UMa 7'x4'     109
5457  14 03.3  54:22  8.5 Gal UMa 22.0'     101
WIN4  12 20.0  58:22  9.0 Dbl UMa 49"        40
3623  11 18.9  13:06 10.5 Gal Leo 8'xl.5'    65
3627  11 20.2  13:00 10.0 Gal Leo 8'x2.5'    66
3351  10 43.9  11:42 11.0 Gal Leo 4.4'x3.3'  95
3368  10 46.7  11:49 10.5 Gal Leo 6'x4       96
3379  10 47.8  12:35 11.0 Gal Leo 2.0'      105
5272  13 42.2  28:23  7.0 GCI CVn 16.2'       3
5194  13 30.0  47:11  8.0 Gal CVn I 1'x7'    51
5055  13 15.8  42:02  8.5 Gal CVn 10'x6'     63
4736  12 50.9  41:08  9.5 Gal CVn 7'x3'      94
4258  12 18.9  47:19  9.5 Gal CVn 19'x8'    106

NGC#     R.A.    Dec  Mag Typ Con Size  Messier

4472  12 29.8   8:01 10.0 Gal Vir 9'x7.5'    49
4579  12 37.8  11:50 11.0 Gal Vir 5.5'x4.5'  58
4621  12 42.1  11:39 11.5 Gal Vir 5'x3.5'    59
4649  12 43.7  11:34 10.5 Gal Vir 7'x6'      60
4374  12 25.1  12:54 11.0 Gal Vir 5.0'       84
4406  12 26.3  12:57 11.0 Gal Vir 7.5'x5.5'  88
4486  12 30.9  12:24 11.0 Gal Vir 7.0'       87
4552  12 35.7  12:34 11.5 Gal Vir 4.0'       89
4569  12 36.9  13:10 11.0 Gal Vir 9.5'x4.5'  90
4303  12 22.0   4:29 10.5 Gal Vir 6'x5.5'    61
4594  12 39.9 -11:37  9.5 Gal Vir 9'x4'     104
5024  13 12.9  18:10  8.5 GCI Com 12.6'      53
4826  12 56.7  21:41  9.0 Gal Com 9.3'x5.4'  64
4382  12 25.5  18:12 10.5 Gal Com 7. 1'x5.2' 85
4501  12 32.1  14:26 11.0 Gal Com 7'x4'      88
4192  12 13.9  14:55 11.0 Gal Com 9.5'x3.2'  98
4254  12 18.9  14:26 10.5 Gal Com 5.4'x4.8'  99
4321  12 23.0  15:50 10.5 Gal Com 7'x6'     100
4548  12 35.5  14:30 11.5 Gal Com 5.4'x4.4'  91
4590  12 39.5 -26:45  9.0 GCI Hya 12.0'      68

NGC#     R.A.    Dec  Mag Typ Con Size  Messier

5236  13 37.1 -29:52  8.5 Gal Hya ll'xl0'    83
5904  15 18.6   2:05  7.0 GCI Ser 17.4'       5
5866  15 06.5  55:45 10.5 Gal Dra 5.2'x2.3' 102
6205  16 41.7  36:28  7.0 GCI Her 16.6'      13
6341  17 17.1  43:08  7.5 GCI Her 11.2'      92
6333  17 19.2 -18:31  9.0 GCI Oph 9.3'        9
6254  16 57.1  -4:06  7.5 GCI Oph 15.1'      10
6218  16 47.2  -1:57  8.0 GCI Oph 14.5'      12
6402  17 37.6  -3:15  9.5 GCI Oph 11.7'      14
6273  17 02.6 -26:16  8.5 GCI Oph 13.5'      19
6266  17 01.2 -30:07  8.0 GCI Oph 14. l'     62
6171  16 32.5 -13:03 10.0 GCI Oph 10.0'     107
6121  16 23.6 -26:32  7.5 GCI Sco 26.3'       4
6093  16 17.0 -22:59  8.5 GCI Sco 8.9'       80
6405  17 40.1 -32:13  4.5 OCI Sco 15.0'       6
6475  17 53.9 -34:49  3.5 OCI Sco 80.0'       7

NGC#     R.A.    Dec  Mag Typ Con Size  Messier

6705  18 51.1  -6:16  7.0 OCI Sct 14.0'      11
6694  18 45.2  -9:24  9.5 OCI Sct 15.0'      26
6611  18 18.8 -13:47  6.5 C/N Ser 7.0'       16
6618  18 20.8 -16:11  7.0 CIN Sgr 11.0'      17
6613  18 19.9 -17:08  8.0 OCI Sgr 9.0'       18
6603  18 18.4 -18:25  4.0 OCI Sgr 2 deg.     24
6514  18 02.3 -23:02  5.0 C/N Sgr 28.0'      20
6531  18 04.6 -22:30  7.0 OCI Sgr 13.0'      21
6523  18 03.1 -24:23  5.0 C/N Sgr 60'x 35'    8
6656  18 36.4 -29:54  6.5 GCI Sgr 24.0'      22
6626  18 24.5 -24:52  8.5 GCI Sgr 11.2'      28
6494  17 56.8 -19:01  6.0 OCI Sgr 27.0'      23
4725  18 28.8 -19:17  4.9 OCI Sgr 40.0'      25
6715  18 55.1 -30:29  8.5 GCI Sgr 9.l'       54
6809  19 40.0 -30:58  7.0 GCI Sgr 19.0'      55
6637  18 34.4 -32:21  9.0 GCI Sgr 7.1'       69
6681  18 43.2 -32:18  9.0 GCI Sgr 7.8'       70
6864  20 06.1 -21:55  9.5 GCI Sgr 6.0'       75

NGC#     R.A.    Dec  Mag Typ Con Size  Messier

6779  19 16.6  30:11  9.5 GCI Lyr 7.1'       56
6720  18 53.6  33:02  9.5 PIN Lyr 85.6"x6l.6"57
6913  20 23.9  38:32  9.0 OCI Cyg 7.0'       29
7092  21 32.2  48:26  5.5 OCI Cyg 32.0'.     39
6853  19 59.6  22:43  7.5 PIN Vul 480"x340"  27
6838  19 53.8  18:47  8.5 GCI Sge 7.2'       71
7099  21 40.4 -23:11  8.5 GCI Cap I 1.0'     30
7089  21 33.5  -0:49  7.5 GCI Aqr 12.9'       2
6981  20 53.5 -12:32 10.0 GCI Aqr 5.9'       72
6994  20 59.0 -12:38  9.0 OCI Aqr 2.8'       73
7078  21 30.0  12:10  7.5 GCI Peg 12.3'      15
 628   1 36.6  15:48 10.5 Gal Psc 10.2'x9.5' 74
1068   2 42.7  -0:02 10.5 Gal Cet 7'x 6'     77

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