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Mar 6, 2024 · Messier 6 (M6), the Butterfly Cluster, is visible with binoculars but is best seen with a telescope. Meanwhile its companion, Messier 7 (M7), Ptolemy’s Cluster, is an easy target that can be appreciated in binoculars of all sizes. M7 appears large and pretty in even low powered binoculars.
- Messier 1 (The Crab Nebula) Better known as the Crab Nebula, Charles Messier originally mistook Messier 1 for Halley’s Comet, which inspired him to create…
- Messier 2. Hubble's image of Messier 2 is comprised of visible and infrared wavelengths of light.
- Messier 3. Messier 3 holds more than 500,000 stars.
- Messier 4. Use the bright star, Antares, to help you find Messier 4.
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Nov 5, 2013 · As for the MESSIER objects, I'm wondering if there's any that are out of reach of a 10x 50 binocular ? Given favourable skies I'd assume not as if imagine a half decent pair would be as good as anything that was used back then ?
- My favourite Messier has to be M45...Just lends itself to viewing through bins. Steve
- They are absolutely wonderful for extended objects such as M45, as Steve has mentioned, the Beehive Cluster, Kemble's cascade and the coat hanger....
- Incidentally, I always have my bincoculars to hand when I have my telescope set up as they are really good for checking star hops without the compl...
- I can imagine the Pleiades and andromeda galaxy being popular bino targets. What of the other messiers though ? Has anyone viewed for example m81/8...
- The Orion Nebula is a good target and The Hyades in Taurus also, Would also look for M13 in Hercules and my Helios 15x70 Apollo's HD show it well b...
- M81/82 quite easy in binos as long as your sky is not too light polluted. Can't add much more to WaveSoarer's comments, all those targets are great...
- Apologies for poor spelling towards the end. Tired thumb! Stu
- Rory, if you go to http://binocularsky.com/search.php and filter it for 50mm aperture, your latitude, a decent horizon height (say 10 deg, to cut o...
- I'll sure chech that out. Thanks for the link.
- Well what have I seen with my Helios Naturesport-Plus 10x50. Only had these a few weeks now and I don't have a telescope plus totally new to star g...
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There are 110 astronomical objects listed in the Messier catalog: 40 galaxies, 29 globular clusters, 27 open clusters, 6 diffuse nebulae, 4 planetary nebulae. The list also contains a few stand-alone objects: 1 supernova remnant, 1 asterism, 1 double star, and 1 Milky Way patch.
MNgcTypeConsM1NGC 1952 Crab NebulaSupernova RemnantTaurusM2NGC 7089Globular ClusterAquariusM3NGC 5272Globular ClusterCanes VenaticiM4NGC 6121Globular ClusterScorpiusTo qualify for the Binocular Messier Certification, observe 50 or more Messier objects using only binoculars. Any 50 of the 110 recognized Messier objects may be observed. Any pair of binoculars may be used, but those with objectives between 20MM and 80MM in diameter are recommended.
Apr 7, 2021 · M44 looks best through binoculars with magnifications between 10x and 16x. The Beehive’s brightest star is magnitude 6.3 Epsilon (ε) Cancri. Some 80 of the cluster’s stars are brighter than ...
