M #	Object Type	Constellation	Right Ascension	Declination	Notes
1	M77	Galaxy	Cetus	02h 42m 41s	-00° 00' 48"	Difficult to find, I probably spent too much time looking for it
2	M74	Galaxy	Pisces	01h 36m 42s	+15° 47' 01"	Clouds obscured view early, then stared at its location but could not see it in late twilight before it set
3	M33	Galaxy	Triangulum	01h 33m 50s	+30° 39' 37"	Observed with some difficulty, but after missing M74, there is no more time crunch
4	M31	Galaxy	Andromeda	00h 42m 44s	+41° 16' 09"	Easy in binoculars
5	M32	Galaxy	Andromeda	00h 42m 42s	+40° 51' 55"	Locatable in big binoculars, better in any telescope
6	M110	Galaxy	Andromeda	00h 40m 22s	+41° 41' 07"	This object took me a few tries and quite a few minutes to finally confirm due to low surface brightness
7	M52	Open Cluster	Cassiopeia	23h 24m 48s	+61° 35' 36"	It's always difficult to orient myself to locate this cluster
8	M103	Open Cluster	Cassiopeia	01h 33m 12s	+60° 42' 00"	Surprisingly difficult for me to find; hard to identify among the neighboring clusters (see NGC 663 below)
9	M76	Planetary Nebula	Perseus	01h 42m 24s	+51° 34' 31"	Surprisingly easy tonight, usually I have difficulty finding it
10	M34	Open Cluster	Perseus	02h 42m 06s	+42° 46' 00"	Easy to locate
11	M45	Open Cluster	Taurus	03h 47m 24s	+24° 07' 00"	Naked Eye if you want to count it that way LOL
12	M79	Globular Cluster	Lepus	05h 24m 11s	-24° 31' 27"
13	M42	Diffuse Nebula	Orion	05h 35m 17s	-05° 23' 28"
14	M43	Diffuse Nebula	Orion	05h 35m 32s	-05° 17' 57"
15	M78	Reflection Nebula	Orion	05h 46m 47s	+00° 00' 50"
16	M1	Supernova Remnant	Taurus	05h 34m 32s	+22° 00' 52"	Had to wait until it was fully dark for this object
17	M35	Open Cluster	Gemini	06h 08m 54s	+24° 20' 00"
18	M37	Open Cluster	Auriga	05h 52m 18s	+32° 33' 02"
19	M36	Open Cluster	Auriga	05h 36m 18s	+34° 08' 24"
20	M38	Open Cluster	Auriga	05h 28m 43s	+35° 51' 18"
21	M41	Open Cluster	Canis Major	06h 46m 00s	-20° 46' 00"
22	M93	Open Cluster	Puppis	07h 44m 30s	-23° 51' 24"
23	M47	Open Cluster	Puppis	07h 36m 36s	-14° 30' 00"	Coarse structure, relatively few stars, several much brighter than others
24	M46	Open Cluster	Puppis	07h 41m 46s	-14° 48' 36"	Fine cluster, even distribution of numerous faint stars
25	M50	Open Cluster	Monoceros	07h 02m 48s	-08° 20' 16"
26	M48	Open Cluster	Hydra	08h 13m 43s	-05° 45' 00"
27	M44	Open Cluster	Cancer	08h 40m 24s	+19° 59' 00"	Unaided eye or binoculars are all that's needed!
28	M67	Open Cluster	Cancer	08h 51m 18s	+11° 49' 00"	Easy to locate near α Cancri
29	M95	Galaxy	Leo	10h 43m 58s	+11° 42' 14"	Need to be careful which one of these is which
30	M96	Galaxy	Leo	10h 46m 46s	+11° 49' 12"	Need to be careful which one of these is which
31	M105	Galaxy	Leo	10h 47m 50s	+12° 34' 54"	Need to be careful which one of these is which
32	M65	Galaxy	Leo	11h 18m 56s	+13° 05' 32"	I wasn't looking for these two at this point, but swept this one up in the C8
33	M66	Galaxy	Leo	11h 20m 15s	+12° 59' 29"	I wasn't looking for these two at this point, but swept this one up in the C8
34	M81	Galaxy	Ursa Major	09h 55m 33s	+69° 03' 55"	I always loved the 1970's Celestron ad in Sky & Telescope that read, "Spend Christmas on M81!"
35	M82	Galaxy	Ursa Major	09h 55m 52s	+69° 40' 47"
36	M97	Planetary Nebula	Ursa Major	11h 14m 48s	+55° 01' 08"
37	M108	Galaxy	Ursa Major	11h 11m 31s	+55° 40' 27"
38	M109	Galaxy	Ursa Major	11h 57m 36s	+53° 22' 28"
39	M40	Double Star	Ursa Major	12h 22m 12s	+58° 04' 58"	Have never bothered to locate this; did not count it toward total
40	M106	Galaxy	Canes Venatici	12h 18m 57s	+47° 18' 14"
41	M94	Galaxy	Canes Venatici	12h 50m 53s	+41° 07' 14"
42	M63	Galaxy	Canes Venatici	13h 15m 49s	+42° 01' 46"
43	M51	Galaxy	Canes Venatici	13h 29m 53s	+47° 11' 43"	Also easily saw companion, see notes below for NGC 5195
44	M101	Galaxy	Ursa Major	14h 03m 13s	+54° 20' 57"
45	M102	Galaxy	Draco	15h 06m 29s	+55° 45' 48"	This object is always an issue ~ I observed NGC 5907 and NGC 5866 so I should get credit (coords are for NGC 5866)
46	M53	Globular Cluster	Coma Berenices	13h 12m 55s	+18° 10' 05"	Its neighbor NGC 5053 was not visible
47	M64	Galaxy	Coma Berenices	12h 56m 44s	+21° 40' 58"
48	M3	Globular Cluster	Canes Venatici	13h 42m 12s	+28° 22' 38"
49	M98	Galaxy	Virgo	12h 13m 48s	+14° 54' 02"	Finally starting the Virgo cluster!
50	M99	Galaxy	Virgo	12h 18m 50s	+14° 24' 59"
51	M100	Galaxy	Virgo	12h 22m 55s	+15° 49' 18"
52	M85	Galaxy	Coma Berenices	12h 25m 24s	+18° 11' 28"
53	M84	Galaxy	Virgo	12h 25m 04s	+12° 53' 13"	Western end of Markarian's Chain This galaxy and the nine one following it are the central part of the Virgo cluster of galaxies in terms of Messier objects ~ I learned the system of navigating through this maze from an article by Fred Schaaf in one of Guy Ottewell's Astronomical Calendars.  He describes these ten galaxies as a coathanger, anchored by two galaxy pairs on either end (M84/M86 and M59/M60), the middle of the lower bar being M87 and M58, then the start of the hanger (making a triangle with M87 and M58) being M89, then continuing up the hook of the hanger with M90, then M91 above that, and finally curling back down to the west is M88. With practice, it is possible to "galaxy hop" your way through this region fairly quickly, so long as you are comfortable with the orientation of the sky in your eyepiece and can smoothly move your scope in both axes.  My preferred way to start is with M84 and M86, then with a low power eyepiece note which way Markarian's chain is going, then move eastward but slightly south toward M87 (it will be bright enough that you won't miss it so long as you are going in the right direction), and then to M58, M59 and M60. After that, go back to M58 and M87, and then triangulate your way north to locate M89, and then pick up the last three making an arc north of it.  Fortunately, the distances between them are very comparable, so "hopping" from one to the other is done with similar length hops.
54	M86	Galaxy	Virgo	12h 26m 12s	+12° 56' 46"
55	M87	Galaxy	Virgo	12h 30m 49s	+12° 23' 28"
56	M89	Galaxy	Virgo	12h 35m 40s	+12° 33' 23"
57	M90	Galaxy	Virgo	12h 36m 50s	+13° 09' 46"
58	M88	Galaxy	Coma Berenices	12h 31m 59s	+14° 25' 14"
59	M91	Galaxy	Coma Berenices	12h 35m 26s	+14° 29' 47"
60	M58	Galaxy	Virgo	12h 37m 44s	+11° 49' 05"
61	M59	Galaxy	Virgo	12h 42m 02s	+11° 38' 49"
62	M60	Galaxy	Virgo	12h 43m 40s	+11° 33' 09"
63	M49	Galaxy	Virgo	12h 29m 47s	+08° 00' 02"
64	M61	Galaxy	Virgo	12h 21m 55s	+04° 28' 25"
65	M104	Galaxy	Virgo	12h 39m 59s	-11° 37' 23"	I usually have no trouble pointing at this galaxy almost immediately
66	M68	Globular Cluster	Hydra	12h 39m 28s	-26° 44' 39"	Quite far south, must have clear southern horizon to see this, so plan accordingly
67	M83	Galaxy	Hydra	13h 37m 01s	-29° 51' 57"	Quite far south, must have clear southern horizon to see this, so plan accordingly
68	M5	Globular cluster	Serpens	15h 18m 33s	+02° 04' 52"
69	M13	Globular cluster	Hercules	16h 41m 41s	+36° 27' 36"
70	M92	Globular cluster	Hercules	16h 41m 41s	+36° 27' 36"	Have never memorized the exact location of this object ~ always takes me time to locate it
71	M57	Planetary nebula	Lyra	18h 53m 35s	+33° 01' 45"	Easy to locate along bottom line of parallelogram
72	M56	Globular cluster	Lyra	19h 16m 36s	+30° 11' 01"	Always difficult for me to find ~ have to use a chart to guide me to the spot
73	M29	Open cluster	Cygnus	20h 23m 56s	+38° 31' 24"	There is almost nothing here ~ interesting how Messier decided this was a nebulous object
74	M39	Open cluster	Cygnus	21h 31m 48s	+48° 26' 00"	Had to wait for this object to clear a foreground tree in the northeast
75	M27	Planetary nebula	Vulpecula	19h 59m 36s	+22° 43' 16"	I can usually locate the Dumbbell Nebula almost immediately
76	M71	Globular cluster	Sagitta	19h 53m 46s	+18° 46' 45"
77	M107	Globular cluster	Ophiuchus	16h 32m 32s	-13° 03' 14"
78	M12	Globular cluster	Ophiuchus	16h 47m 14s	-01° 56' 55"
79	M10	Globular cluster	Ophiuchus	16h 57m 09s	-04° 05' 58"
80	M14	Globular cluster	Ophiuchus	17h 37m 36s	-03° 14' 45"	Have to use a chart every time I try to locate this object
81	M9	Globular cluster	Ophiuchus	17h 19m 12s	-18° 30' 59"
82	M4	Globular cluster	Scorpius	16h 23m 35s	-26° 31' 33"
83	M80	Globular cluster	Scorpius	16h 17m 02s	-22° 58' 34"	Wikipedia entry is wrong ~ this was one of Messier's *last* discoveries, not first
84	M19	Globular cluster	Ophiuchus	17h 02m 38s	-26° 16' 05"
85	M62	Globular cluster	Ophiuchus	17h 01m 13s	-30° 06' 45"
86	M6	Open cluster	Scorpius	17h 41m 58s	-32° 15' 56"	Coordinates obtained from this Butterfly cluster site
87	M7	Open cluster	Scorpius	17h 53m 51s	-34° 47' 34"	Need to make sure you have a good southern horizon, the most southerly Messier object
88	M11	Open cluster	Scutum	18h 51m 05s	-06° 16' 12"
89	M26	Open cluster	Scutum	18h 45m 18s	-09° 23' 00"
90	M16	Open cluster, Nebulosity	Serpens	18h 18m 48s	-13° 49' 00"
91	M17	Diffuse nebula	Sagittarius	18h 20m 26s	-16° 10' 36"
92	M18	Open cluster	Sagittarius	18h 19m 58s	-17° 06' 06"
93	M24	Star cloud	Sagittarius	18h 17m 43s	-18° 47' 28"	Coordinates are my estimation of the center of the star cloud
94	M25	Open cluster	Sagittarius	18h 31m 47s	-19° 07' 00"	Fun fact:  this is the only Messier object not in the NGC
95	M23	Open cluster	Sagittarius	17h 57m 04s	-18° 59' 06"
96	M21	Open cluster	Sagittarius	18h 04m 13s	-22° 29' 24"	Could be challenging to find if it weren't so close to M20
97	M20	Diffuse nebula	Sagittarius	18h 02m 23s	-23° 01' 48"
98	M8	Diffuse nebula	Sagittarius	18h 03m 37s	-24° 23' 12"
99	M28	Globular cluster	Sagittarius	18h 24m 33s	-24° 52' 11"
100	M22	Globular cluster	Sagittarius	18h 36m 24s	-23° 54' 17"
101	M69	Globular cluster	Sagittarius	18h 31m 23s	-32° 20' 53"	Challenging because it's not conspicuous and you need a flat southeastern horizon
102	M70	Globular cluster	Sagittarius	18h 43m 13s	-32° 17' 32"	Challenging because it's not conspicuous and you need a flat southeastern horizon
103	M54	Globular cluster	Sagittarius	18h 55m 03s	-30° 28' 48"	Challenging because it's not conspicuous and you need a flat southeastern horizon
104	M55	Globular cluster	Sagittarius	19h 40m 00s	-30° 57' 53"	Had to wait a long time for this object to clear the trees to my southeast
105	M75	Globular cluster	Sagittarius	20h 06m 05s	-21° 55' 18"	Had to wait a long time for this object to clear the trees to my southeast
106	M15	Globular cluster	Pegasus	21h 29m 58s	+12° 10' 01"	Decided to knock out this easy one in early twilight while waiting for M30 to rise
107	M2	Globular cluster	Aquarius	21h 33m 27s	-00° 49' 24"	Decided to knock out this easy one in early twilight while waiting for M30 to rise
108	M72	Globular cluster	Aquarius	20h 53m 28s	-12° 32' 14"	Racing against gathering twilight, I managed to see this with the 13" dob
109	M73	Group of four stars	Aquarius	20h 58m 54s	-12° 38' 00"	With twilight brightening every second, it took me awhile to confirm barely seeing this with the 13" dob
110	M30	Globular cluster	Capricornus	20h 58m 54s	-12° 38' 00"	My view of M30 from my 13" dob was obstructed by a tree #$%^@&!, so I took the 20x80 binos and moved literally just 15 feet away; even though I was looking at the correct spot, I could not see it against the brightening twilight.  Game over!
Final Tally		Objects Observed:  107		Objects Attempted:  109
Additional Deep Sky Objects
111	NGC 4631	Galaxy	Canes Venatici	12h 42m 08s	+32° 32' 29"	Large edge-on galaxy, known as the Whale Galaxy due to asymmetric shape, 15.5' long
112	NGC 4656	Galaxy	Canes Venatici	12h 43m 58s	+32° 10' 05"	Large edge-on galaxy, known as the Hockey Stick, paired with NGC 4657, 13' long
113	NGC 4565	Galaxy	Coma Berenices	12h 36m 21s	+25° 59' 16"	Large edge-on galaxy, called the Needle Galaxy, almost 16' long
114	NGC 4559	Galaxy	Coma Berenices	12h 35m 58s	+27° 57' 36"	almost 10' across
115	NGC 5195	Galaxy	Canes Venatici	13h 29m 59s	+47° 15' 58"	This galaxy is the one interacting with M51
116	NGC 3077	Galaxy	Ursa Major	10h 03m 19s	+68° 44' 02"	One of two smaller galaxies near M81 (southeast of it)
117	NGC 2976	Galaxy	Ursa Major	09h 47m 15s	+67° 54' 59"	One of two smaller galaxies near M81 (southwest of it)
118	NGC 4394	Galaxy	Coma Berenices	12h 25m 56s	+18° 12' 50"	Companion galaxy to M85
119	NGC 4435	M        a       G r   C   a k   h   l a   a   a r   i   x i   n   i a       e n       s s	Virgo	12h 29m 00s	+12° 56' 33"	Smaller galaxy of the pair knows as "The Eyes"
120	NGC 4438		Virgo	12h 29m 06s	+12° 52' 33"	Larger galaxy of the pair knows as "The Eyes"
121	NGC 4458		Virgo	12h 28m 58s	+13° 14' 31"	One member of next pair of galaxies northeast of NGC 4435/4438 in the chain
122	NGC 4461		Virgo	12h 29m 03s	+13° 11' 02"	Second member of next pair of galaxies northeast of NGC 4435/4438 in the chain
123	NGC 4473		Coma Berenices	12h 29m 49s	+13° 25' 46"	Only member of the chain that is not part of a close group
124	NGC 4477		Coma Berenices	12h 30m 02s	+13° 38' 12"	Northernmost pair of galaxies in Markarian's Chain
125	NGC 4479		Coma Berenices	12h 30m 18s	+13° 34' 40"
126	NGC 5139	Globular cluster	Centaurus	13h 26m 47s	-47° 28' 46"	Ω Centauri was just barely above my southern horizon ~ it only culminates 4°35' above the horizon at Big Spy Mountain
127	NGC 2903	Galaxy	Leo	09h 32m 10s	+21° 30' 03"	Large spiral galaxy in western Leo ~ how did Messier or Mechain miss it?
128	NGC 3628	Galaxy	Leo	11h 20m 17s	+13° 35' 23"	Makes up the third galaxy in the eastern "Leo Trio" with M65/66
129	NGC 3384	Galaxy	Leo	10h 48m 17s	+12° 37' 46"	Companion galaxy to M105, similar size and brightness to M105 on images but visually much dimmer
130	NGC 3389	Galaxy	Leo	10h 48m 28s	+12° 32' 01"	Companion galaxy to M105, much less conspicuous than M105 or NGC 3384
131	NGC 3242	Planetary Nebula	Hydra	10h 24m 46s	-18° 38' 33"	Well known as the "Ghost of Jupiter" planetary, responds well to OIII filter
132	NGC 4361	Planetary Nebula	Corvus	12h 24m 31s	-18° 47' 06"	I noted that this object appeared quite large compared to most planetary nebulae
133	NGC 4038	Galaxy	Corvus	12h 01m 53s	-18° 52' 10"	NGC 4038 is paired with NGC 4039 to form the Antennae
134	NGC 4039	Galaxy	Corvus	12h 01m 54s	-18° 53' 11"	NGC 4039 is paired with NGC 4038 to form the Antennae
135	NGC 4476	Galaxy	Virgo	12h 29m 59s	+12° 20' 55"	Dimmer companion to M87, on the extreme right side of this APOD image
136	NGC 4478	Galaxy	Virgo	12h 30m 17s	+12° 19' 43"	Brighter companion to M87, right of center in this APOD image
137	NGC 6543	Planetary Nebula	Draco	17h 58m 33s	+66° 37' 59"	Bright planetary in Draco, called the Cat's Eye Nebula
138	NGC 2403	Galaxy	Camelopardalis	07h 36m 51s	+65° 36' 50"	Low surface brightness galaxy in Camelopardalis, very close to us, only 9.6 million light years away
139	NGC 1502	Open cluster	Camelopardalis	04h 07m 49s	+62° 19' 55"	Open cluster at the end of Kemble's Cascade
140	NGC 663	Open cluster	Cassiopeia	01h 46m 00s	+61° 15' 00"	I must have picked this one up while trying to find M103
141	NGC 7789	Open cluster	Cassiopeia	23h 57m 24s	+56° 42' 30"	Even though there are two Messier clusters in Cassiopeia, this one is the best!  Always worth a visit
142	IC 4665	Open cluster	Ophiuchus	17h 46m 13s	+05° 36' 54"	One of the three large, splashy clusters in the Ophiuchus - Serpens Milky Way off-ramp
143	NGC 6231	Open cluster	Scorpius	16h 55m 44s	-41° 50' 23"	Spectacular open cluster in far southern Scorpius, a must view whenever you have good southern views
144	H 12	Open cluster	Scorpius	16h 54m 44s	-40° 42' 31"	Harvard 12 is one of the large and sparse open clusters just north of NGC 6231
145	NGC 6242	Open cluster	Scorpius	16h 55m 31s	-39° 28' 26"	Also an open cluster just north of NGC 6231
Moon and Planets
146	Venus	Shortly after Sunset	Pisces	00h 21m 58s	+11° 30' 50"	4 days prior to inferior conjunction; observed a thin crescent Venus after sunset with 20x80 binoculars and unaided eye
147	Saturn	Late evening	Leo	11h 16m 25s	+07° 09' 20"	Rings nearly edge-on; good observation of the spacing between the rings on both sides with C8
148	Jupiter	Early morning	Capricornus	21h 21m 01s	-16° 04' 56"	Nice view of Jupiter near ι Capricorni with C8
149	Moon	Early morning	Aquarius	22h 32m 08s	-07° 26' 19"	Thin crescent Moon, strongly distorted while rising due to atmospheric refraction
150	Mars	Early morning	Aquarius	22h 37m 34s	-09° 55' 50"	Nothing to observe telescopically; positioned just below Moon, first observation of it this apparition
151	Venus	Just before sunrise	Pisces	00h 21m 01s	+11° 23' 25"	Last observation of this long night was seeing crescent Venus before sunrise with 20x80 binoculars and unaided eye