LIST OF INTERESTING OBJECTS VISIBLE WITH ORDINARY TELESCOPE. COMPILED BY LEWIS SWIFT, F.R.A.S., DIRECTOR OF WARNER OBSERVATORY, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Constellation. Object. R. A. Dec. Magni- Dis- Remarks. Triple. Beautiful object. Different colors. 38 4 4.5 3 32 Fine cluster. Visible to naked eye. 42 4.5 5 8 First double star discovered. Fine object. +27 35 3 7 3 Fine pair. Difficult. Companion, blue. 36 3.5 6.5 4 6, 7, 7.5 5, 1.3 22 58 2.5 6.5 20 58 Fine pair. Binary. Period about 150 years. (?) Binary. D. only with small telescopes. Faint star in center of a faint, large, round nebula. 46 Variable * R. 20 9 + 8 44 20 40 +15 5.5 7 7 20 5.5 7699. 34 19 5.5 8 4.5 2.5 5.5 6 20 7.5 From 8th to 13th magnitude in 284 days. Binary. Period, 600 years. (?) Interesting pair. Very bright. Resolvable. Y 10 13 +20 27 10 49 +25 9 41 +11 M. 65.66 11 14 +13 * 3.5 5.5 4 5.5 5557 23 4.5 477 3.3 6 " From 7th to 12th magnitude in 371 days. Very interesting pair. From 8th to 13th magnitude in 319 days. Binary. Period between 500 and 600 years. Fine pair. From 4th to 10th magnitude in 469 days. From 7th to 12th magnitude in 256 days. Binary. Interesting pair. Binary. From 5th to 10th magnitude in 312 days. Binaries. Finest object of the kind in the heavens. · 6, 7, 8 7, 10 Annular. Remarkable object. Most beautiful trio visible from this latitude. Binary. Period, about 80 years. Resolvable cluster, 10th to 16th magnitude. Resolvable cluster, 11th to 15th magnitude. [known. 00 3, 6.5, 10 40 59 3.5, 8.5, 11 2.5, 56 Beautiful object. 12, 42 Beautiful object. 6 7 21 28 Greatest marvel in the heavens. [known. 0 2 5.5 22 41 22 42 ་་。་ 13 From 20 to 4th magnitude. Most remarkable variable Cluster of stars of 11th magnitude. Coarse cluster. Visible to naked eye. From 7th to 10th magnitude, irregular. The above variable is in the middle of the nebula. Interesting object for small telescopes. From 6th to 12th magnitude in 255 days. One of the most interesting pairs known. Binary. The celebrated Dumb-bell nebula. |
