Essays and information about
140 of the most popular northern and southern objects
all text is copyright Robert
Gendler 2005
Beginner's
Primer on Basic Astronomy
30
Doradus
47 Tucanae
Bubble
Nebula
Cave Nebula
Cocoon
Nebula
Cone
Nebula Region
Crab Nebula
Double
Cluster
Eta
Carinae
Hercules
Galaxy Cluster
Hickson
Compact Group 44
Horsehead
Nebula
IC 59/63
IC 342
IC405
IC443
IC1318
IC1396
IC1396A
(vdB142)
IC1805/1848
IC2118
IC2177
IC2220
IC2944
Leo
Triplet
Large Magellanic
Cloud
Local
Group
Medusa
Nebula
M1
M3
M5
M7
M8
M11
M13
M14
M15
M16
M17
M20
M22
M27
M31
M31 Nucleus
M33
M34
M35
M39
M42
M44
M45
M46
M51
M57
M58
M61
M63
M64
M67
M74
M76
M77
M78
M81
M82
M83
M87
M94
M95/M96
M97
M100
M101
M104
M106
M109
Milky
Way
NGC 55
NGC247
NGC253
NGC 281
NGC289
NGC 300
NGC 891
NGC1232
NGC 1313
NGC 1333
NGC 1365
NGC 1499
NGC
1672
NGC 1977
NGC 1999
NGC 2024
NGC 2170
NGC 2244
NGC 2261
NGC 2264
NGC 2359
NGC 2392
NGC 2403
NGC 2442
NGC 2841
NGC 2903
NGC 3079
(and Lensed Quasar Q0957+561)
NGC 3190
NGC 3521
NGC 3576
NGC3621
NGC 3718
NGC 4038
NGC
4038 and SN 2007SR
NGC 4449
NGC 4565
NGC 4631
NGC 4725
NGC 4945
NGC 5033
NGC 5128
NGC 5189
NGC 6164
NGC 6188
NGC 6302
NGC
6334
NGC
6357
NGC 6543
NGC 6559
NGC 6726
NGC 6744
NGC 6822
NGC 6823
NGC 6888
NGC 6914
NGC 6946
NGC 7000
NGC 7023
NGC 7129
NGC 7293
NGC 7331
NGC 7380
NGC 7822
Omega Centauri
Orion
Molecular Cloud and OB1 Association
Perseus
Galaxy Cluster
Pismis
24
Pleiades
Rho Ophiuchus
Rosette
Nebula
Sagittarius
Dwarf
Simeis
147
Small Magellanic
Cloud
Stephan's
Quintet
Veil Nebula
Vela
Supernova Remnant
Virgo Galaxy
Cluster