Messier Marathon Trifecta (Messiers, Caldwells, RASC)

C6 (Cat's Eye Nebula) in Draco

by Stephen Saber

A first draft, this February-March search sequence from 40ºN latitude contains the 110 Messiers and another 140 targets from the complementary Caldwell Catalog and RASC Finest NGC objects in a rough search sequence. It may be attempted over a single or multiple spring nights. For year-round use, the Concordiem Borealis includes these targets and more listed by constellation.

M74 

NGC772

M77

NGC936 

M33

C28 (ngc752)

C23 (ngc891)

M31 

M32 

M110

C18 (ngc185)

C17 (ngc147)

NGC7789

M52

C11 (ngc7635)

NGC281

C13 (ngc457)

M103

C10 (ngc663)

C8 (ngc559)

IC289

C5 (ic342)

NGC1501

C14 (ngc869/884)

M76 

M34

C23 (ngc891)

NGC1023

C24 (ngc1275)

NGC1491

NGC1514

M45

M79

NGC1788 

M42 

M43

NGC1973+

NGC2024

M78

NGC2022

NGC2194

M41

C64 (ngc2362)

M93

C58 (ngc2360)

NGC2359

M50 

M47 

M46

C54 (ngc2506)

M48

C50 (ngc2244)

C49 (ngc2237-9)

C46 (ngc2261)

C41 (mel25)

C39 (ngc2392)

NGC2371/2

C25 (ngc2419)

M35 

M1 

M37 

M36

NGC1931

M38

C31 (ic405)

C48 (ngc2775)

M67 

M44

NGC2683

NGC2903

M95 

M96 

M105 

NGC3384

NGC3521

M65 

M66

NGC3628

NGC3607

C40 (ngc3626)

NGC3344

C53 (ngc3115)

C59 (ngc3242)

NGC3003

NGC3432

NGC3184

NGC2841

NGC3079

C7 (ngc2403)

NGC2655

M81 

M82

C3 (ngc4236)

M97 

M108 

M40

NGC4605 

M109

NGC4026

NGC4088

NGC4157

NGC3877

M106

C21 (ngc4449)

NGC4111

NGC4490

M94

C26 (ngc4244)

NGC4214

NGC3941

C32 (ngc4631)

NGC4656/7

C29 (ngc5005)

NGC5033

M63 

M51 

M101 

M102 (ngc5866) 

NGC5907

M98 

M99 

NGC4216 

M100 

M85 

M84 

NGC4388 

M86 

NGC4438  

M87 

M88 

M91 

M90 

M89

M58 

NGC4567/8 

M59 

M60 

NGC4762 

M49 

NGC4535 

NGC4526 

M61 

NGC4517

C38 (ngc4565)

C36 (ngc4559)

C35 (ngc4889)

M64 

NGC4725 

NGC4494 

NGC4274 

NGC4414 

M53 

M3 

NGC5466

C45 (ngc5248)

NGC5746

C52 (ngc4697)

NGC4699

M104

NGC4361

C60 (ngc4038)

C61 (ngc4039)

M68 

M83

C66 (ngc5694)

M5 

NGC6210 

M13 

M92

C6 (ngc6543)

NGC6503

C1 (ngc188)

M57 

M56

C15 (ngc6826)

M39

C20 (ngc7000)

NGC7027

M29

C27 (ngc6888)

NGC6819

C33 (ngc6992/5)

C34 (ngc6960)

NGC6940

C37 (ngc6885)

M27 

M71 

NGC6802

M12 

M10 

M14 

M107 

M9 

M4

M80 

M62 

M19 

NGC6369

NGC6572

NGC6633

NGC6781 

M11 

NGC6712 

M26

M16 

M17 

M18 

M24

M25 

M23 

NGC6445 

M21 

M20 

M8 

NGC6540 

NGC6520 

M28

M22

C75 (ngc6124)

C76 (ngc6231)

C69 (ngc6302)

M6

M7 

M69 

M70

M54 

M55 

M75 

NGC6818

C57 (ngc6822)

C47 (ngc6934)

C42 (ngc7006)

M15 

M2 

M72 

M73

C55 (ngc7009)

C44 (ngc7479)

C30 (ngc7331)

C22 (ngc7662)

C16 (ngc7243)

C19 (ic5146)

C12 (ngc6946)

NGC6939

C9 (sh2-155)

NGC7142

C4 (ngc7023)

C2 (ngc40)

C43 (ngc7814)

M30

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