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Cancer

STARS: X Cnc, Iota Cnc, Zeta Cnc, 55 Cnc
CALDWELL: 48
MESSIER: 44, 67
NGC: 2672, 2775
OTHER: Arp 167
By NBAS Staff | Feb 7, 2024

The dimmest constellation in the Zodiac

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Monoceros

CALDWELL: 46, 49, 50
MESSIER: 50
NGC: 2237, 2244, 2261, 2264, 2346
OTHER: IC 2177
By NBAS Staff | Jan 3, 2024

Constellation going back to at least the 17th century

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January 2024 Newsletter

MESSIER: 42, 43
NGC: 1909, 2024, 2359
OTHER: Barnard 33, Collinder 121, Sh 2-308
By NBAS | Jan 3, 2024

Winter Nebulae

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Perseus

STARS: Algol
CALDWELL: 14, 24
MESSIER: 76
NGC: 869, 884, 1245, 1275, 1499
By NBAS Staff | Dec 6, 2023

Ancient constellation from Greek mythology

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December 2023 Newsletter

CALDWELL: 13
MESSIER: 33
NGC: 457, 1245, 1893, 2169
By NBAS | Dec 6, 2023

Winter soltices, open cluster pictograms

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November 2023 Newsletter

CALDWELL: 13
MESSIER: 33
NGC: 457, 1245, 1893, 2169
By NBAS | Nov 1, 2023

Fall objects in binoculars

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Camelopardalis

STARS: RU Cam
CALDWELL: 5, 7
NGC: 1501, 1502, 2146, 2403
OTHER: IC 342, IC 3568
By NBAS Staff | Nov 1, 2023

A faint circumpolar constellation from the 17th century

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October 2023 Newsletter

CALDWELL: 34
NGC: 6992
By NBAS | Oct 4, 2023

Welcome! Space art! Partial Solar Eclipse

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Andromeda

STARS: Almach
CALDWELL: 22, 23, 28
MESSIER: 31, 32, 110
NGC: 206, 752, 891, 7662
By NBAS Staff | Oct 4, 2023

All about this Fall constellation, and the most famous galaxy

By NBAS | Jan 1, 0001