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

February

 - Eta Carina nebula

March

 - Eta Carina nebula

April

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

May

 - whirlpool
 - NGC 5128 Centaurus A

June

 - M20 Trifid
 - M8 Lagoon
 - T Corona Borealis (Jun-Oct)

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 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

Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard), approaching our sun (0.000013 ly, 127 million km)

M42 Orion Nebula (1,500 ly)

M20 Trifid Nebula (4,000 ly)

Eta Carina nebula (9,000 ly)

NGC 362 Globular Cluster (29,000 ly)

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

NGC 253 Sculptor Galaxy (11 Million ly)

NGC 5128 Centaurus-A (12 Million ly)

M83 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (15 Million ly)

NGC 1365 (56 Million ly)