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Ori Mag 9.000 20.0′ × 15.0′ 05h 35m 31s · -05° 16′ 3″

M44 Open Cluster

Cnc Mag 3.100 108.6′ 08h 40m 22s · +19° 40′ 19″

M45 Open Cluster

M 45, Mel 22, Melotte 22, MWSC 0305, Pleiades

Tau Mag 1.200 150.0′ × 150.0′ 03h 46m 24s · +24° 06′ 50″

M46 Open Cluster

Pup Mag 6.100 21.0′ 07h 41m 47s · -14° 48′ 36″

M47 Open Cluster

2478, M 47, NGC 2422

Pup Mag 4.400 19.8′ 07h 36m 35s · -14° 28′ 57″

M48 Open Cluster

Hya Mag 5.800 28.2′ 08h 13m 43s · -05° 45′ 2″

Vir Mag 8.280 10.2′ × 8.4′ 12h 29m 47s · +08° 00′ 2″

M5 Globular Cluster

Se1 Mag 5.950 15.0′ 15h 18m 34s · +02° 04′ 58″

M50 Open Cluster

Mon Mag 5.900 14.1′ 07h 02m 40s · -08° 21′ 51″

CVn Mag 8.360 13.7′ × 11.7′ 13h 29m 53s · +47° 11′ 43″

M52 Open Cluster

Cas Mag 6.900 9.9′ 23h 24m 48s · +61° 35′ 35″

M53 Globular Cluster

Com Mag 7.790 9.0′ 13h 12m 55s · +18° 10′ 9″

M54 Globular Cluster

Sgr Mag 7.700 5.1′ 18h 55m 3s · -30° 28′ 43″

M55 Globular Cluster

Sgr Mag 6.490 12.0′ 19h 39m 59s · -30° 57′ 43″

M56 Globular Cluster

Lyr Mag 8.400 5.8′ 19h 16m 36s · +30° 11′ 4″

M57 Planetary Nebula

Lyr Mag 8.800 1.3′ 18h 53m 35s · +33° 01′ 43″

Vir Mag 10.300 5.0′ × 3.8′ 12h 37m 44s · +11° 49′ 5″

Vir Mag 9.560 4.6′ × 3.2′ 12h 42m 2s · +11° 38′ 49″

M6 Open Cluster

Sco Mag 4.200 15.6′ 17h 40m 21s · -32° 15′ 15″

Vir Mag 8.790 6.8′ × 5.5′ 12h 43m 40s · +11° 33′ 10″

Vir Mag 10.250 6.9′ × 6.6′ 12h 21m 55s · +04° 28′ 25″

M62 Globular Cluster

Oph Mag 7.390 7.8′ 17h 01m 13s · -30° 06′ 44″

CVn Mag 8.610 11.8′ × 7.2′ 13h 15m 49s · +42° 01′ 45″

Com Mag 8.520 10.5′ × 5.3′ 12h 56m 44s · +21° 40′ 59″

Leo Mag 9.320 7.6′ × 2.0′ 11h 18m 56s · +13° 05′ 32″

Leo Mag 8.920 10.3′ × 4.6′ 11h 20m 15s · +12° 59′ 30″

M67 Open Cluster

Cnc Mag 6.900 33.0′ 08h 51m 20s · +11° 48′ 43″

M68 Globular Cluster

Hya Mag 7.960 6.6′ 12h 39m 28s · -26° 44′ 35″

M69 Globular Cluster

6634, M 69, NGC 6637

Sgr Mag 8.310 5.7′ 18h 31m 23s · -32° 20′ 53″

M7 Open Cluster

Sco Mag 3.300 22.2′ 17h 53m 51s · -34° 47′ 34″

M70 Globular Cluster

Sgr Mag 9.060 6.6′ 18h 43m 13s · -32° 17′ 31″

M71 Globular Cluster

6839, M 71, NGC 6838

Sge Mag 6.100 6.9′ 19h 53m 46s · +18° 46′ 42″

M72 Globular Cluster

Aqr Mag 8.960 4.5′ 20h 53m 28s · -12° 32′ 13″

Aqr Mag 8.900 20h 58m 56s · -12° 38′ 8″

Psc Mag 9.310 9.9′ × 9.3′ 01h 36m 42s · +15° 47′ 1″

M75 Globular Cluster

Sgr Mag 8.260 3.6′ 20h 06m 5s · -21° 55′ 20″

M76 Planetary Nebula

0651, M 76, NGC 650

Per Mag 10.100 1.1′ 01h 42m 20s · +51° 34′ 32″

Cet Mag 9.290 6.1′ × 5.6′ 02h 42m 41s · -00° 00′ 48″

Ori Mag 8.000 4.5′ 05h 46m 46s · +00° 04′ 46″

M79 Globular Cluster

Lep Mag 8.160 7.2′ 05h 24m 11s · -24° 31′ 27″

6533, M 8, NGC 6523

Sgr Mag 5.800 45.0′ × 30.0′ 18h 03m 41s · -24° 22′ 49″

M80 Globular Cluster

Sco Mag 7.300 5.7′ 16h 17m 3s · -22° 58′ 30″

UMa Mag 6.920 21.6′ × 11.3′ 09h 55m 33s · +69° 03′ 55″

UMa Mag 8.300 11.0′ × 5.1′ 09h 55m 53s · +69° 40′ 46″

Hya Mag 7.210 13.6′ × 13.2′ 13h 37m 1s · -29° 51′ 56″

Vir Mag 9.790 7.4′ × 6.4′ 12h 25m 4s · +12° 53′ 13″

Com Mag 9.050 7.0′ × 5.4′ 12h 25m 24s · +18° 11′ 29″

Vir Mag 8.860 11.5′ × 8.4′ 12h 26m 12s · +12° 56′ 46″