Astro-Observing-Calendar

During what time of the year are objects are best suited to photograph (for the southern hemisphere)

January

 - LMC, tarantula
 - fornax galaxies NGC1365
 - M42 orion

M42 Orion Nebula (1,500 ly)

February

 - Eta Carina nebula

Eta Carina nebula (9,000 ly)

March

 - Eta Carina nebula

Eta Carina nebula (9,000 ly)

April

(setup DS 19:00, after DS 18:00)
 - M104 sombrero
 - NGC 5128 Centaurus A
 - M83 Southern pinwheel
 - PGC 15941
 - PGC 21373

M83 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (15 Million ly)

May

 - whirlpool
 - NGC 5128 Centaurus A

NGC 5128 Centaurus-A (12 Million ly)

June

 - M20 Trifid
 - M8 Lagoon

M20 Trifid Nebula (4,000 ly)

July

 - NGC 6744 peacock galaxy
 - M16 Eagle nebula

August

 - NGC 6744 peacock galaxy
 - NGC 7009 saturn pn
 - NGC 6822 Bernard's Galaxy (1.6Mly)

September

 - NGC 7009 saturn pn

October

 - SMC
 - 47 Tucanae

November

 - SMC
 - M31 Andromeda
 - NGC 1313
 - NGC 253 sculptor galaxy

NGC 253 Sculptor Galaxy (11 Million ly)

NGC 1313 Topsy Turvy Galaxy (10 Million ly)

December

(setup 20:30, platesolve 21:00, image 21:45)
 - M45 pleiades
 - Fornax galaxies NGC 1365
 - LMC, tarantula nebula
 - NGC 891 silver sliver
 - NGC 1313 topsyturvy
 - NGC 1365
 - NGC 362

NGC 362 Globular Cluster (29,000 ly)

NGC 1365 (56 Million ly)

NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (160,000 ly)

NGC 1313 Topsy Turvy Galaxy (10 Million ly)