Excuse Me While I Kiss the Sky -- Month of January 2025

Drifting near bright star Eta Geminorum, seen at the top, the Jellyfish Nebula extends its tentacles from the bright arcing ridge of emission at the bottom left of center. In fact, this cosmic jellyfish is part of bubble-shaped supernova remnant IC 443, the expanding debris cloud from a massive star that exploded. Light from the explosion first reached planet Earth over 30,000 years ago. Like its cousin the Crab Nebula supernova remnant (M1, NGC 1952), IC 443 is known to harbor a neutron star -- the remnant of the collapsed stellar core. The Jellyfish Nebula is about 5000 light-years away and spans about 140 light-years across. [Video and Content Credits: NASA, the Office of Public Outreach – Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and JPL Caltech: Preston Dyches, Christopher Harris, and Lisa Poje, with subject matter guidance provided by JPL’s Bill Dunford and Lyle Tavernier, and the Night Sky Network’s Kat Troche] [Image Credit: Andrews Porter, Astromart Gallery Contributor – See some of his beautiful work at https://www.astromart.com/gallery/user/5423 Telescope: William Optics FLT 91 Fluorostar 91mm f/5.9 Triplet APO Refractor]

 

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Excuse Me While I Kiss the Sky -- Month of January 2025

Happy New Year and welcome to the night sky report for January 2025 -- Your guide to the constellations, deep sky objects, planets, and celestial events that are observable during the month. Each evening this month, enjoy a sweeping view of six planets at once (Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn with the naked eye and Uranus and Neptune with a telescope). Also look for a close approach of Venus and Saturn, Mars occulted by the Moon, and the Quadrantid meteors. The January sky is also filled with bright stars in the constellations Orion, Taurus, Gemini, Canis Major, and Canis Minor. Find these cosmic gems by looking toward the southeast in the first few hours after it gets dark. The northern hemisphere also features beautiful views of Capella - a pair of giant yellow stars, Aldebaran - a red giant star, two star clusters [the Hyades (Caldwell 41) and the Pleiades (M45)], and the Crab Nebula (M1, NGC 1952). The night sky is truly a celestial showcase. Get outside and explore its wonders from your own backyard.

In the first couple of hours after dark during January, you'll find Venus and Saturn in the southwest, Jupiter high overhead, and Mars in the east, all appearing in a long a line in the sky. (Uranus and Neptune are there too, but a telescope is needed to see them).

These events are sometimes called “alignments” of the planets, and while it’s true that they will appear more or less along a line across the sky, that’s what planets always do. That line is called the ecliptic, and it represents the plane of the Solar System in which the planets orbit around the Sun. This is, incidentally, why we sometimes observe planets appearing to approach closely to each other on the sky, as we view them along a line while they revolve around the solar racetrack.

This is exactly what we'll be seeing from Venus and Saturn as they head for a super close approach in mid-January. After the beginning of the month, they quickly get closer and closer each evening, appearing at their closest on the 17th and 18th before going their separate ways. Remember, they’re really hundreds of millions of miles apart in space, so when you observe them, you’re staring clear across the Solar System.

 

Mars reaches “opposition” this month, which is when the planet lies directly on the opposite side of Earth from the Sun, forming a straight line. This is around the time when the planet is at its closest to Earth, making it appear at its biggest and brightest. For Mars, oppositions happen about every two years. This one won’t be the most spectacular ever, but it’s still closer than average, and provides a great opportunity to observe the nearby planet where NASA has five missions currently operating. 

And on the 13th, the full Moon gets very close to Mars. In fact, across the US and Eastern Canada, the Moon will appear to pass in front of Mars over a couple of hours, as the pair rise into the eastern sky. Mars also will be the lone planet in the sky on January mornings. You’ll find it hanging out in the west in morning twilight.

In early January, the Quadrantid meteors peak in the early morning hours. This year, interference from moonlight won’t be a problem, as the Moon is a mere crescent and sets early in the night. The way to see the most meteors is to observe after midnight from clear, dark skies away from bright city lights, and let your eyes adapt to the dark. The meteor rate will be highest as dawn approaches, and you’ll see more meteors from rural locations than in the suburbs. This is a shower best seen from the Northern Hemisphere, and observers in the Northwest and Pacific region will likely have the best viewing this year.

One of the things that makes skywatching so interesting is the way in which the sky is always changing. The stars rise in the east and set in the west each night. The Moon gradually waxes and wanes as it goes through its monthly cycle. And likely you've also noticed that the stars you can see on a given night changes slowly over the course of the year. The bright stars and constellations we see on warm summer nights are not the ones that fill the chilly sky in winter.

This is because the stars rise 4 minutes earlier each day and it adds up over time. In just one week, a given star will rise 28 minutes earlier than it does tonight. And in 1 month, the same star will be rising about 2 hours earlier. So at 4 minutes per day, or 2 hours per month, after 6 months, the stars of summer are rising a full 12 hours earlier than they did back in June, placing them high in the daytime sky. In their place, the evening sky belongs to the stars of winter.

This slow-motion cycle in the sky plays out annually as Earth moves in its orbit around the Sun. Our view outward into space during the night depends on where Earth is in its orbit. At one part of the year, our view of space from Earth's night side looks in one direction, and six months later the view is in the opposite direction. And so our nighttime view of the cosmos changes over the course of the year, because the stars aren't moving -- We are. And that change happens at a pace of only 4 minutes per day.

 

 

January nights are filled with bright stars. Looking toward the south or southeast in the first few hours after dark, you'll spy the bright constellations of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Of course there's Orion the hunter; the big dog constellation Canis Major; and the lesser known little dog, Canis Minor with its bright star Procyon. Y-shaped Taurus, the bull, includes the bright Hyades and Pleiades star clusters. And just east of Orion, you'll find the bright stars Castor and Pollux, which form the heads of the twins in Gemini. Make sure you take a moment to appreciate the beauty of the January sky, which more than meets the definition of "star studded," with so much to marvel at.

Orion the hunter is the centerpiece constellation in January, striding into the night sky with a belt of three stars. Above Orion lies a five-sided figure that forms Auriga, the charioteer, who was associated with goats. Its brightest star is Capella, which is actually a pair of giant yellow stars.

Auriga balances on a horn of Taurus the bull. In Greek mythology, Taurus was seen as the god Zeus in disguise. His eye is orange Aldebaran, a red giant star nearing the end of its life. A number of the stars that form the bull’s V-shaped head are part of a star cluster called the Hyades.

The bull’s shoulder is marked by the distinctive Pleiades star cluster, also called the Seven Sisters or Subaru. The cluster contains more than 250 stars, but only six or seven are visible to the naked eye. The view of the Pleiades from the Palomar Observatory shows the brightest stars surrounded by a dusty cloud. The dust reflects the blue light of these hot stars.

At the tip of Taurus’s horn lies the Crab Nebula. The Crab is the remains of a star that exploded as a supernova, observed by Chinese, Japanese, and Arab astronomers in 1054. Telescopes on the ground and in space have observed different forms of light given off by the Crab Nebula. Different wavelengths of visible and invisible light reveal details of the supernova remnant. Combining information from different wavelengths helps us to better understand the expanding cloud of glowing gas and the spinning neutron star that remains at its core.

Antares is a red giant star located in the constellation Scorpius which has a distinctly reddish color. Since it's the brightest star in Scorpius, it's also known as Alpha Scorpii. Located about 500 light years away, Antares is enormous. It's much bigger than the orbit of Mars and it's about 10,000 times brighter than our Sun.

Antares is also a well-studied star, and thus its well-known brightness is sometimes used by researchers in studying other phenomena in space, such as the rings of Saturn. NASA's Cassini spacecraft watched Antares flicker behind Saturn's rings on multiple occasions, which helped researchers understand the structure of the icy rings.

The name Antares translates as "rival to Mars" in ancient Greek, as the star rivals the Red Planet's appearance to the unaided eye, both in color and brightness. During January, you can view Antares low in the southeast, about an hour before sunrise each morning.

The night sky is always a celestial showcase. Get outside and explore its wonders from your own backyard.

The following Deep Sky Objects (DSOs) are found in constellations that are observable during the month. Some of the objects listed here can be viewed with binoculars or a small telescope, but the majority will require a moderate to large aperture telescope (7 inches to 12 inches in diameter) with appropriate filters and a dark sky, especially for many of the nebulae. The following is adapted from my personal viewing list: "The Guy Pirro 888 Best and Brightest Deep Sky Objects in the Northern Skies." All the objects in this list can be viewed from the northern hemisphere up to around the mid-Northern Latitudes (40 degrees N).

 

Constellation: Auriga (AUR)

IC 405                          Emission/Reflect Neb C31 Flaming Star Nebula

IC 410                          Emission Nebula         P277 Tadpole Nebula

IC 417                          HII Ionized Nebula       P314 Spider Nebula

IC 2149                        Planetary Nebula        P126

NGC 1664                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H59-8

NGC 1778                    Open Cluster               P68

NGC 1798                    Open Cluster                           P253

NGC 1857                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H33-7

NGC 1883                    Open Cluster               P211

NGC 1893                    Open Cluster               P69, embedded in IC410 Tadpole Nebula

NGC 1907                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H39-7

NGC 1912                    Open Cluster               M38 Starfish Cluster

NGC 1931                    Emission/Reflect Neb Herschel 400 H261-1 Fly Nebula

NGC 1960                    Open Cluster               M36 Pinwheel Cluster

NGC 2099                    Open Cluster               M37 Salt and Pepper Cluster

NGC 2126                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H68-8

NGC 2192                    Open Cluster               P212

NGC 2281                    Open Cluster                           Herschel 400 H71-8 Broken Heart Cluster

 

Constellation: Camelopardalis (CAM)

IC 342                          Galaxy                         C5 Hidden Galaxy

IC 356                          Galaxy                         P127

IC 361                          Open Cluster               P213

IC 3568                        Planetary Nebula        P128 Lemon Slice Nebula

NGC 1501                    Planetary Nebula        Herschel 400 H53-4 Camel’s Eye Nebula

NGC 1502                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H47-7, endpoint of Kemble’s Cascade

NGC 1569                    Galaxy                         P136

NGC 1961                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H747-3

NGC 2146                    Galaxy                         P130 Dusty Hand Galaxy

NGC 2336                    Galaxy                         P70

NGC 2403                    Galaxy                         C7, Herschel 400 H44-5

NGC 2655                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H288-1

NGC 2715                    Galaxy                         P265

 

Constellation: Cancer (CNC)

NGC 2632                    Open Cluster               M44 Beehive Cluster, Praesepe

NGC 2682                    Open Cluster               M67 King Cobra Cluster

NGC 2775                    Galaxy                         C48, Herschel 400 H2-1

 

Constellation: Canis Major (CMA)

IC 2163                        Galaxy                         P133, colliding with NGC 2207

IC 2165                        Planetary Nebula        P216

NGC 2204                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H13-7

NGC 2207                    Galaxy                         P134, colliding with IC 2163

NGC 2217                    Galaxy                         P72 Snake Eye Galaxy

NGC 2243                    Open Cluster               P132

NGC 2280                    Galaxy                         P371

NGC 2287                    Open Cluster               M41 Little Beehive Cluster

NGC 2293                    Galaxy                         P23, paired with NGC 2292

NGC 2325                    Galaxy                         P155

NGC 2345                    Open Cluster               P73

NGC 2354                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H16-7

NGC 2359                    HII Ionized Nebula       P20 Thor’s Helmet Nebula

NGC 2360                    Open Cluster               C58, Herschel 400 H12-7 Caroline’s Cluster

NGC 2362                    Open Cluster               C64, Herschel 400 H17-7 Tau Canis Majoris Cluster

NGC 2367                    Open Cluster               P74

NGC 2374                    Open Cluster               P75

NGC 2380                    Galaxy                         P131

NGC 2383                    Open Cluster               P135

NGC 2384                    Open Cluster               P76

 

Constellation: Gemini (GEM)

IC 443                                      Supernova Remnant   P249 Jellyfish Nebula

IC 444                          Reflection Nebula       P306

IC 2157                        Open Cluster               P156

NGC 2129                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H26-8

NGC 2158                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H17-6

NGC 2168                    Open Cluster               M35 Shoe Buckle Cluster

NGC 2266                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H21-6

NGC 2304                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H2-6

NGC 2331                    Open Cluster               P157

NGC 2355                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H6-6

NGC 2371                    Planetary Nebula        Herschel 400 H316-2 Double Bubble Nebula (South)

NGC 2372                    Planetary Nebula        Herschel 400 H317-2 Double Bubble Nebula (North)

NGC 2392                    Planetary Nebula        C39, Herschel 400 H45-4 Eskimo Nebula

NGC 2395                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H11-8

NGC 2420                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H1-6

 

Constellation: Hydra (HYA)

NGC 2548                    Open Cluster               M48, Herschel 400 H22-6

NGC 2784                    Galaxy                         P87

NGC 2811                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H505-2

NGC 2835                    Galaxy                         P291

NGC 2935                    Galaxy                         P263

NGC 2986                    Galaxy                         P297

NGC 3078                    Galaxy                         P243

NGC 3091                    Galaxy                         P317

NGC 3109                    Galaxy                         P88

NGC 3242                    Planetary Nebula        C59, Herschel 400 H27-4 Ghost of Jupiter Nebula

NGC 3311                    Galaxy                         P98

NGC 3585                    Galaxy                         P35

NGC 3621                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H241-1

NGC 3717                    Galaxy                         P345

NGC 3904                    Galaxy                         P310

NGC 3923                    Galaxy                         P89

NGC 4105                    Galaxy                         P284, paired with NGC 4106

NGC 4590                    Globular Cluster          M68

NGC 5061                    Galaxy                         P264

NGC 5078                    Galaxy                         P304

NGC 5101                    Galaxy                         P271

NGC 5236                    Galaxy                         M83 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

NGC 5694                    Globular Cluster          C66, Herschel 400 H196-2

 

Constellation: Leo Minor (LMI)

NGC 2859                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H137-1

NGC 3245                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H86-1

NGC 3277                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H359-2

NGC 3294                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H164-1

NGC 3344                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H81-1

NGC 3395                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H116-1

NGC 3414                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H362-2

NGC 3432                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H172-1

NGC 3486                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H87-1

NGC 3504                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H88-1

 

Constellation: Lynx (LYN)

NGC 2419                    Globular Cluster          C25, Herschel 400 H218-1 Intergalactic Wanderer

NGC 2549                    Galaxy                         P252

NGC 2683                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H200-1 UFO Galaxy

NGC 2782                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H167-1

 

Constellation: Monoceros (MON)

IC 447                          HII Ionized Nebula       P125 Dreyer’s Nebula

IC 448                          HII Ionized Nebula       P172

IC 2177                        HII Ionized Nebula       P52 Seagull Nebula includes Star SAO 152320 at center

NGC 2149                    Reflection Nebula       P303

NGC 2170                    Reflection Nebula       P296

NGC 2182                    Reflection Nebula       P262

NGC 2185                    Reflection Nebula       Herschel 400 H20-4

NGC 2215                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H20-7

NGC 2232                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H25-8

NGC 2236                    Open Cluster               P163

NGC 2237                    HII Ionized Nebula       C49 Rosette Nebula, includes NGC 2238 and NGC 2246

NGC 2239                    Open Cluster               P254, embedded in NGC 2237 Rosette Nebula

NGC 2244                    Open Cluster               C50, Herschel 400 H2-7, embedded in NGC 2237

NGC 2245                    Reflection Nebula       P255

NGC 2250                    Open Cluster               P164

NGC 2251                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H3-8

NGC 2252                    Open Cluster               P91

NGC 2254                    Open Cluster               P165

NGC 2259                    Open Cluster               P231

NGC 2261                    Reflection Nebula       C46 Hubble’s Variable Nebula

NGC 2262                    Open Cluster               P232

NGC 2264                    Open Cluster               H 400 H27-5 Cone Nebula, H5-8 Christmas Tree Cluster

NGC 2269                    Open Cluster               P166

NGC 2282                    HII Ionized Nebula       P269

NGC 2286                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H31-8

NGC 2299                    Open Cluster               P167

NGC 2301                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H27-6

NGC 2309                    Open Cluster               P233

NGC 2311                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H60-8

NGC 2323                    Open Cluster               M50 Heart Shaped Cluster

NGC 2324                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H38-7

NGC 2335                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H32-8, overlaps IC 2177 Seagull Nebula

NGC 2343                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H33-8, overlaps IC 2177 Seagull Nebula

NGC 2346                    Planetary Nebula        P283 Butterfly Nebula

NGC 2353                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H34-8

NGC 2368                    Open Cluster               P235

NGC 2506                    Open Cluster               C54, Herschel 400 H37-6

 

Constellation: Orion (ORI)

IC 431                          Reflection Nebula       P361

IC 432                          Reflection Nebula       P362

IC 434                          HII Ionized/Dark Neb  P92, includes Barnard 33 Horsehead Nebula

IC 435                          Reflection Nebula       P368

IC 2162                        Emission Nebula         P358

NGC 1662                    Open Cluster               P39

NGC 1788                    Reflection Nebula       Herschel 400 H32-5

NGC 1976                    HII Ionized Nebula       M42 Great Orion Nebula, includes Trapezium Cluster

NGC 1977                    Reflection Nebula      P40 Running Man Nebula, includes NGC 1975

NGC 1980                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H31-5 Lost Jewel of Orion Cluster

NGC 1981                    Open Cluster               P41

NGC 1982                    HII Ionized Nebula       M43 DeMairan Nebula

NGC 1999                    Reflection/Dark Neb   Herschel 400 H33-4 Cosmic Keyhole Nebula

NGC 2022                    Planetary Nebula        Herschel 400 H34-4

NGC 2023                    Emission/Reflect Neb P93

NGC 2024                    Emission Nebula         Herschel 400 H28-5 Flame Nebula

NGC 2064                    Reflection Nebula       P356

NGC 2067                    Reflection Nebula       P357

NGC 2068                    Reflection Nebula       M78

NGC 2071                    Reflection Nebula       P42

NGC 2112                    Open Cluster               P170

NGC 2141                    Open Cluster               P171

NGC 2169                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H24-8 The 37 Cluster

NGC 2174                    HII Ionized Nebula       P43 Monkey Head Nebula

NGC 2175                    Open Cluster               P369, overlaps NGC 2174 Monkey Head Nebula

NGC 2180                    Open Cluster               P321

NGC 2186                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H25-7

NGC 2194                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H5-6

 

Constellation: Puppis (PUP)

NGC 2396                    Open Cluster               P99

NGC 2409                    Open Cluster               P100

NGC 2414                    Open Cluster               P101

NGC 2421                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H67-7

NGC 2422                    Open Cluster               M47, Herschel 400 H38-8

NGC 2423                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H28-7

NGC 2432                    Open Cluster               P241

NGC 2437                    Open Cluster               M46

NGC 2438                    Planetary Nebula        Herschel 400 H39-4

NGC 2440                    Planetary Nebula        Herschel 400 H64-4 Bow Tie Nebula

NGC 2447                    Open Cluster               M93 Critter Cluster

NGC 2452                    Planetary Nebula        P47, appears close to NGC 2453 but is unrelated

NGC 2453                    Open Cluster               P176

NGC 2455                    Open Cluster               P242

NGC 2467                    Emission Nebula         P102 Skull and Crossbones Nebula

NGC 2479                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H58-7

NGC 2482                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H10-7

NGC 2483                    Open Cluster               P103

NGC 2489                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H23-7

NGC 2509                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H1-8

NGC 2527                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H30-8

NGC 2533                    Open Cluster               P104

NGC 2539                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H11-7

NGC 2566                    Galaxy                         P48

NGC 2567                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H64-7

NGC 2571                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H39-6

NGC 2587                    Open Cluster               P179

 

Constellation: Pyxis (PYX)

NGC 2613                    Galaxy                         P298

NGC 2627                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H63-7

 

Constellation: Taurus (TAU)

Messier 45                  Open Cluster               M45, Collinder 42, Pleiades, Seven Sisters, Subaru

Caldwell 41                 Open Cluster               C41, Collinder 50, Hyades

IC 349                          Reflection Nebula       P339 Barnard’s Merope Nebula

NGC 1514                    Planetary Nebula        P120 Crystal Ball Nebula

NGC 1554                    Reflection Nebula       P200 Von Struve’s Lost Nebula

NGC 1555                    Reflection Nebula       P201 Hind’s Variable Nebula

NGC 1647                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H8-8

NGC 1746                    Asterism                      P55, includes NGC 1750 and NGC 1758

NGC 1750                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H43-8, overlaps NGC 1746

NGC 1807                    Asterism                      P65

NGC 1817                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H4-7

NGC 1952                    Supernova Remnant   M1 Crab Nebula

 

Constellation: Ursa Major (UMA)

Messier 40                  Double Star                 M40, Winnecke 4 (not a binary pair)

IC 2574                        Galaxy                         P121 Coddington’s Dwarf Galaxy

NGC 2681                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H242-1

NGC 2685                    Galaxy                         P57 Helix Galaxy

NGC 2742                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H249-1

NGC 2768                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H250-1

NGC 2787                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H216-1

NGC 2805                    Galaxy                         P338

NGC 2841                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H205-1

NGC 2950                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H68-4

NGC 2976                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H285-1

NGC 2985                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H78-1

NGC 3031                    Galaxy                         M81 Bode’s Galaxy

NGC 3034                    Galaxy                         M82, Herschel 400 H79-4 Cigar Galaxy

NGC 3077                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H286-1

NGC 3079                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H47-5

NGC 3184                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H168-1 Little Pinwheel Galaxy

NGC 3198                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H199-1

NGC 3310                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H60-4

NGC 3319                    Galaxy                         P244

NGC 3348                    Galaxy                         P282

NGC 3359                    Galaxy                         P202

NGC 3556                    Galaxy                         M108, Herschel 400 H46-5 Surfboard Galaxy

NGC 3587                    Planetary Nebula        M97 Owl Nebula

NGC 3610                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H270-1

NGC 3613                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H271-1, paired with NGC 3619

NGC 3619                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H244-1, paired with NGC 3613

NGC 3631                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H226-1

NGC 3665                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H219-1

NGC 3675                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H194-1

NGC 3718                    Galaxy                         P275, paired with NGC 3729

NGC 3726                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H730-2

NGC 3729                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H222-1, paired with NGC 3718

NGC 3813                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H94-1

NGC 3877                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H201-1

NGC 3893                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H738-2

NGC 3898                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H228-1

NGC 3938                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H203-1

NGC 3941                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H173-1

NGC 3945                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H251-1

NGC 3949                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H202-1

NGC 3953                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H45-5

NGC 3982                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H62-4

NGC 3992                    Galaxy                         M109, Herschel 400 H61-4 Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy

NGC 3998                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H229-1

NGC 4026                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H223-1

NGC 4036                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H253-1, paired with NGC 4041

NGC 4041                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H252-1, paired with NGC 4036

NGC 4051                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H56-4

NGC 4062                    Galaxy                         P332

NGC 4085                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H224-1, paired with NGC 4088

NGC 4088                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H206-1, paired with NGC 4085

NGC 4096                    Galaxy                         P268

NGC 4100                    Galaxy                         P347

NGC 4102                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H225-1

NGC 4605                    Galaxy                         P111

NGC 5322                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H256-1

NGC 5448                    Galaxy                         P129

NGC 5457                    Galaxy                         M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, paired with NGC 5474

NGC 5473                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H231-1

NGC 5474                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H214-1, paired with M101 (NGC 5457)

NGC 5585                    Galaxy                         P289

NGC 5631                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H236-1

 

For more information:

Northern Latitudes:

https://hubblesite.org/resource-gallery/tonights-sky

https://science.nasa.gov/skywatching/whats-up

https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/planner.cfm

https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatching/home/

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/explore-the-night-sky/hubble-messier-catalog/

https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/skyreport

http://outreach.as.utexas.edu/public/skywatch.html

https://griffithobservatory.org/explore/observing-the-sky/sky-report/

http://www.beckstromobservatory.com/whats-up-in-tonights-sky-2/

https://www.fairbanksmuseum.org/planetarium/eye-on-the-night-sky

http://dudleyobservatory.org/tonights-sky/

https://cse.umn.edu/mifa/starwatch

http://www.schoolsobservatory.org.uk/learn/astro/nightsky/maps

https://tonightssky.com/MainPage.php

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/night/

https://stardate.org/nightsky

https://www.adventuresci.org/starcharts

https://www.astromart.com/news/search?category_id=3&q=kiss+the+sky&from=&to

 

Equatorial Latitudes:

https://heavens-above.com/SkyChart2.aspx

https://in-the-sky.org/data/constellations_map.php

https://ytliu0.github.io/starCharts/chartGCRS.html

 

Southern Latitudes:

https://www.scitech.org.au/explore/the-sky-tonight/

https://www.stardome.org.nz/star-charts--sky-spotter

 

This is my personal deep sky observing list. I use it to line up my DSO targets on any particular night:

https://www.astromart.com/reviews/advanced/show/my-celestial-jewel-box-the-guy-pirro-888-best-and-brightest-deep-sky-objects-in-the-northern-skies

 

Daily Moon Observing Guide:

https://moon.nasa.gov/moon-observation/daily-moon-guide/?intent=011

 

Find Astronomy Clubs, Events, and Star Parties in Your Area:

https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/

 

Watch Satellites Pass Over Your Location:

https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/

 

Astromart News Archives:

https://www.astromart.com/news/search?category_id=3&q=.

 

Check out some of my favorite Words of Wisdom:

https://astromart.com/news/show/words-of-wisdom-my-favorite-quotable-quotes

https://astromart.com/news/show/words-of-wisdom-my-favorite-proverbs-from-around-the-world

 

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