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

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  M42 Orion Nebula (1,500 ly)

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

February

 - Eta Carina nebula

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  Eta Carina nebula (9,000 ly)

March

 - Eta Carina nebula

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  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

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  M83 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (15 Million ly)

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  NGC 5128 Centaurus-A (12 Million ly)

May

 - whirlpool
 - NGC 5128 Centaurus A

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  NGC 5128 Centaurus-A (12 Million ly)

June

 - M20 Trifid
 - M8 Lagoon

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  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

sunset: 06:00 dark: 08:00

 - SMC
 - 47 Tucanae

November

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

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  NGC 253 Sculptor Galaxy (11 Million ly)

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  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 362

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  NGC 362 Globular Cluster (29,000 ly)

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  NGC 1365 (56 Million ly)

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

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  NGC 1313 Topsy Turvy Galaxy (10 Million ly)