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237 clusters, nebulae and galaxies
The attached list contains 237 clusters, nebulae and galaxies.
There are 51 OC, 50 GC, 46 PN and 90 Gxy, all south of declination +60.
Mostly they are the brightest objects of each type, including 75 Messier objects.
The columns are
Name, M: NGC, IC and M number. (M 3-6 is PNG 253.9+05.7)
Type: OC, GC, PN, Gxy, (no nebula).
Con: Constellation.
Mv: Visual magnitude.
Size': Size in arc minutes.
RA, Dec: RA and declination (2000).
Rank: The brightest object for each type is ranked 1 etc.
Season: Southern season at 10pm (11pm DST).
There are 87 autumn objects, including 55 galaxies.
Galaxies peak in autumn. OC, GC and PN peak in winter.
The attached tab delimited file can be copied to MS Excel and sorted.
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