Fall Stars are in the east at 10 PM in early August, and in the west at 10 PM in late January. They are not visible at all late February through late April.
Coordinates are epoch 2000.
Constellation | Name | Description | Magnitude | RA | dec |
Piscis Austrinus | Fomahault | 18th brightest star | 1.15 | 22h 57m 39.2s | -29º 37' 21" |
Cetus | Deneb Kaitos | "Tail in the south" brightened dramatically in 18th century; 52 brightest star | 2.00 | 0h 43m 35.2s | -17º 59' 12" |
Perseus | Algol | "The Ghoul" eclipsing binary in medusa's head; 61 brightest star. Get minima here. | 2.06 | 3h 8m 10.1s | 40º 57' 20" |
Cetus | Menkar | red-blue optical double (Mankar is the red giant, Flamsteed # 92 is a distant blue giant); 94th brightest star | 2.53 | 3h 2m 16.7s | 4º 5' 22" |
Andromeda | M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) | spiral galaxy | 4.50 | 0h 42m 57.4s | 41º 18' 42" |
Perseus | ngc 869 & 884 (Perseus Dbl Clust) | open cluster | 5.30 | 2h 22m 39s | 57º 7' |
Andromeda | ngc 7686 | open cluster | 5.60 | 23h 30m 7.3s | 49º 8' 2" |
Andromeda | ngc 752 | open cluster | 5.70 | 1h 57m 42s | 37º 47' 0" |
Pegasus | M15 (pegasus clu) | globular cluster | 6.00 | 21h 29m 57.9s | 12º 10' 04" |
Perseus | M34 | open cluster | 6.00 | 2h 42m 13.5s | 42º 46' 19" |
Perseus | ngc 1545 | open cluster | 6.20 | 4h 20m 56.2s | 50º 15' 18" |
Lacerta | ngc 7243 | open cluster | 6.40 | 22h 15m 8.5s | 49º 53' 51" |
Sculptor | ngc 253 (sculptor galaxy) | spiral galaxy | 6.40 | 0h 47m 29.9s | -25º 17' 18" |
Cetus | Mira | THE Mirid variable | 6.46 | 2h 19m 20.7s | -2º 58' 41" |
Aquarius | ngc 7293 (helix) | planetary nebula | 6.50 | 22h 29m 39.3s | -20º 49' 24" |
Perseus | ngc 1444 | open cluster | 6.60 | 3h 49m 22.8s | 52º 39' 44" |
Perseus | ngc 1342 | open cluster | 6.70 | 3h 31m 40.1s | 37º 22' 28" |
Tiangulum | M33 (triangulum galaxy) | spiral galaxy | 7.00 | 1h 33m 47.2s | 30º 39' 21" |
Aquarius | M2 | globular cluster | 7.50 | 21h 33m 26.9s | -0º 49' 29" |
Lacerta | ngc 7209 | open cluster | 7.70 | 22h 5m 7.8s | 46º 29' 0" |
Cetus | ngc 246 | planetary nebula | 8.00 | 0h 47m 0s | -11º 53' 0" |
Sculptor | ngc 288 | globular cluster | 8.10 | 0h 52m 46.4s | -26º 35' 11" |
Capricornus | ngc 7009 | planetary nebula | 8.3 | 21h 4m 10.7s | -11º 21' 48" |
Capricornus | M30 | globular cluster | 8.30 | 21h 40m 23s | -23º 10' 43" |
Aquarius | ngc 7009 (saturn neb) | planetary nebula | 8.30 | 21h 4m 10.7s | -11º 21' 48" |
Andromeda | ngc 7662 (Blue Snowball) | planetary nebula | 8.30 | 23h 25m 53.9s | 42º 32' 05" |
Perseus | ngc 1245 | open cluster | 8.40 | 3h 14m 41.4s | 47º 14'19" |
Perseus | ngc 1513 | open cluster | 8.40 | 4h 9m 54.6s | 49º 31' 2" |
Cetus | ngc 247 | galaxy | 8.90 | 0h 47m 8.3s | -20 45' 38" |
Aquarius | M73 | open cluster | 9.00 | 20h 58m 56.3s | -12º 38' 5" |
Andromeda | M32 | spiral galaxy - satellite of M31 | 9.10 | ||
Lacerta | ngc 7296 | open cluster | 9.70 | 22h 28m 2s | 52º 16' 24" |
Aquarius | M72 | globular cluster | 10.00 | 20h 53m 37.8s | -12º 33' 2" |
Andromeda | M110 | Elliptical Galaxy - satellite of M31 | 10.00 | ||
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