Naked-eye observing is just what you'd think: seeing celestial objects
without optical instruments such as binoculars or telescopes. Here's
a list of objects you can see from a nice, dark location. Click C
to center the object in the sky.
Spring
| Beehive Cluster (M44) |
C |
M47 open cluster |
C |
Summer
| Lagoon Nebula (M8) |
C |
M22 globular cluster |
C |
M25 open cluster |
C |
Butterfly Cluster |
C |
Ptolemy's Cluster (M7) |
C |
Autumn
| Andromeda Galaxy |
C |
M39 open cluster |
C |
Winter
| Perseus Double Cluster |
C |
M35 open cluster |
C |
Pleiades Cluster |
C |
Hyades Cluster |
C |
M41 open cluster |
C |
Orion Nebula |
C |
NGC 1981 open cluster |
C |
The Coathanger Cluster |
C |