| Current Comets
There may be several comets visible tonight in
telescopes with apertures of 6" or larger. This
observing list contains the brightest comets visible right
now. The latest orbital elements are included in the
export file, along with coma diameters and magnitude
parameters based on recent observations. |
current_comets.oxp |
Updated monthly |
| Showpieces for Newbies
-- a list of objects for beginner skyhounds to cut their
teeth on. |
newbies.oxp |
|
| Favorite Planetaries
of sci.astro.amateur. This list was taken from a thread on
the newsgroup. |
FavoritePN.oxp |
|
| Obscure Summertime
Planetaries from the August 1999 issue of Sky &
Telescope, pg 122. |
ObscurePN.oxp |
See notes. |
| Little-Known Planetaries
(S&T Jan 1999, pg. 124, see notes below) |
lkpn.oxp |
See Notes |
| Deep-Sky Objects in Eridanus
and Fornax (Astronomy Jan 1998, pg. 96) |
foreri.oxp |
Fornax Galaxy is
MCG -6-7-1 |
| SAA 100 Best Non-Messier objects from
sci.astro.amateur. Link |
SAA_100.oxp |
Kemble's Cascade = NGC 1502
Markarian's Chain = M 84
Abell 1556 = NGC 4874
Fornax Grouip = NGC 1399 |
| Double Stars in Cepheus
(S&T Sep 1998, see below as well) |
dcep.oxp |
See Notes |
| The Herschel II list
kindly supplied by David Raynalds. This list contains the
400 Herschel II objects. |
HII.oxp |
See Notes |
| The combined Herschel I
and II lists (800 objects). This zip file contains an
oberving list with the combined objects from the Herschel
400 (I) and Herschel II lists supplied by David Raynalds.
It also contains each file separately. |
HI+II.oxp |
See Notes |
| The Caldwell Catalogue
as listed in Sky & Telescope Dec. '95, pp 40-41.
Kindly supplied by Al Frank. |
Caldwell.oxp |
The Coal Sack and
Cave nebula do not appear because SkyTools does not (yet!)
contain dark nebulae. |
| A Star-Hop in the Heart
of Orion (from the Jan. '98 Sky & Telescope)
Kindly supplied by Al Frank. |
Orion.oxp |
See Notes |
| The Hickson
100 Compact Galaxy Groups kindly supplied by Dennis
Beckley. |
hickson.oxp |
This observing
list contains the positions and magnitudes of the 100
Hickson compact galaxy groups. These objects are added to
your supplemental stellar database and as
such contains no size information. We are working on
adding galaxy clusters and groups to the SkyTools database
for the next full release. |
| Deep-Sky Objects in Vela
and Carina (from the April 1999 issues of Astronomy,
pp 80) |
velacar.oxp |
The Vela SNR is
entered as a supplemental stellar object, RCW 57 is
entered as its components NGC 3603 and NGC 3576, and x Vel
is HR 4180. |
| Deep-Sky Objects in
Libra and Serpens Caput (from the May 1999 issue of
Astronomy, pp76) |
DSOLibSer.oxp |
Merill 2-1 is
listed as PK 342+27.1 in SkyTools; Struve 1962 is HR 5816;
Seyfert's Sextex is marked by its brightest menber, NGC
6027. |
| Bright Edge-On Galaxies
of the Spring Sky as complied by Tom Polakis (link).
Kindly supplied by Al Frank. |
EdgeOnSpringGalaxies.oxp |
Tom's NGC 5907 is
listed in SkyTools as NGC 5906. |
| The Urban Astronomy Club
List. This is the Astronomical League's Urban
Astronomy Club Observing List compiled by John Wagoner (link).
It has 87 deep sky objects plus 13 Double or Variable
Stars. Kindly provided by Larry Palmiter. |
urban.oxp |
|
| The Astronomical League's
Deep Sky Binocular Club List compiled by John Wagoner
(link).
By design, the list contains no Messier objects. Kindly
provided by Larry Palmiter. |
dskybin.oxp |
Larry: I have
made one substitution. This is for Kemble's Cascade,
a remarkable asterism consisting of an almost perfectly
straight line of stars 3 degrees long in Camelopardalis.
I have have sustituted NGC 1502, which is in fact
locatedat one end of Kemble's Cascade. This is a
very enjoyable collection of open clusters (2 galaxies),
many in star fields of special interest. |
| Carbon Stars: The
Reddest of the Red in the May 1998 Sky and
Telescope by Brian Skiff. Kindly provided by Larry
Palmiter. |
skiffred.oxp |
Larry: There is
one omission from the original: Espin-Birmingham (E-B) 365
located 2' west of Beta Crux. Skiff says this star is not
any of the major modern stellar catalogs (except the
carbon star catalog). (I wonder if it isn't TYC
8659-1394, which lies within 10" of his
position--Greg). Several of the stars are ordinary M-type
variables, included for comparison purposes. These are:
V466 Cas, RS Per, R Dor, and Mu Cep. The rest are
carbon stars. |
| Selected Dark Nebulae
from Lynds catalog of dark nebulae. |
Dark
Nebulae.oxp |
This observing
list contains the positions of 543 dark nebulae that were
listed in the catalog with degrees of darkness of 5 or
greater out of 6. These objects are added to your
supplemental stellar database and as such
contains no size information. Magnitudes were assigned on
the basis of darkness plus 6 (darker nebulae are
brighter). We are working on adding dark nebulae to the
SkyTools database for the next full release. |
| The
South African Astronomical Observatory Best Sky
Objects. This list contains some fabulous Southern
Hemisphere treasures. Submitted by Dennis Simmons. |
SAAO
Best Sky Objects.oxp |
Their web site states:
"The list was developed c1990 from the standard
sources available at the time, including Burham's,
Norton's, Sky and Telescope ("Finest Deepsky
Objects" "Finest Binaries" etc.),
supplemented by my own viewing in connection with SAAO
public evenings. It is preconditioned by what can be
conveniently fit on a double-sided single sheet in our
telescope domes." |
| The Saguaro Astronomy
Club's list of the 110 best NGC objects not in Messier's
catalog, submitted by Rich Beaubien. |
Best-NGC.oxp |
|
| Treasures in the Milky
Way's Attic from the January 2000 issue of Sky
& Telescope, pg. 131. |
Milky
Ways Attic.oxp |
|
| Fishing for Fuzzies in
Eri from the
February 2000 issue of Sky & Telescope, pg.
116. |
Fishing
in Eri.oxp |
|
| 33 Doubles in Ori
from the February 2000 issue of Sky & Telescope,
pg. 111. |
33
Doubles in Ori.oxp |
See Notes. |
| Objects from the June
2000 issue of Sky & Telescope, pg. 94. This
list includes the uncataloged variable star V42 in
M5. |
June
2000 ST.oxp |
E1985
= HD 142661
E2031 = HD 146433 |
| The entire NGC/IC
catalogs submitted by Mike Pisto. |
NGC-IC.oxp |
To be honest we
don't feel this is the best use of a SkyTools observing
list because it is very large and slow. We encourage the
use of the Database Power Search to make smaller lists
instead. But, if like Mike you absolutely must have it,
here it is! |
| Sky Vector Alignment
Stars for the people who have Lumicon's Sky Vector 2
digital setting circles, submitted by Mike Pisto. |
Sky
Vector Alignment Stars.oxp |
|
| Advanced Astromaster
alignment star list. This list is also valid for Orion
Sky Wizard and similar DSC computers. Submitted by John
Sylvestre. |
AAM
Alignment stars.oxp |
|
| AutoStar Alignment Stars
submitted by Philippe HAAKE. |
Autostar
Alignment Stars.oxp |
|
| Sky Commander Alignment
stars for the people who have the Sky Commander
digital setting circles, submitted by Bob Larys. |
Sky
Comander.oxp |
|
| Targets described in the
book Turn Left at Orion, submitted by Tim Cole. |
tlo_list.oxp |
|
| 102 Carbon Stars (very red)
submitted by Jim Foy. |
Carbon
Stars.oxp |
|
| Get all
of the above lists in one file! Note the
current comets and NGC/IC lists are not included. |
allists.exe |
The
alllists.exe file is a self-extracting archive file. Once
downloaded, double-click on it to extract the observing
list files. |
