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Guess the Astronomer!

Serpens

STARS: Gliese 710
MESSIER: 5, 16
NGC: 6027, 6118, 6539
OTHER: Hickson 79

Guess the Planet!

Identify types of Deep Sky Objects!

Guess the Moon!

Libra

STARS: HD 140283, Alpha Lib
NGC: 5595, 5597, 5728, 5987
OTHER: LDN 134

Leo Minor

NGC: 3003, 3344, 3395, 3396, 3432, 3486
OTHER: 0ΣΣ 104, Arp 270

Andromeda

STARS: Almach
CALDWELL: 22, 23, 28
MESSIER: 31, 32, 110
NGC: 206, 752, 891, 7662

Corvus

CALDWELL: 60, 61
NGC: 4027, 4050, 4361, 4727
OTHER: STF 1659

Auriga

STARS: Epsilon Aur, AE Aur, Capella
CALDWELL: 31
MESSIER: 37
NGC: 1893, 1931
OTHER: IC 405

Triangulum

MESSIER: 33
NGC: 604, 672, 784, 925
OTHER: Collinder 21

Sculptor

CALDWELL: 65, 70
NGC: 253, 288, 300, 613, 7793
OTHER: PGC 3859

Pisces

MESSIER: 74
NGC: 266, 488, 507, 520, 660
OTHER: Arp 157

Cepheus

STARS: Delta Cep
CALDWELL: 1, 4
NGC: 188, 7023, 7510
OTHER: IC 1396, Sh 2-136

Vulpecula

CALDWELL: 37
MESSIER: 27
NGC: 6802, 6820, 6823, 6830
OTHER: Collinder 399

Scutum

STARS: Delta Sci
MESSIER: 11, 26
NGC: 6712
OTHER: Barnard 104, Scutum Star Cloud

Ophiuchus

STARS: Barnard's Star
MESSIER: 10
NGC: 6384
OTHER: Barnard 65-67, IC 4665, Rho Ophiuchi

Draco

STARS: Thuban
CALDWELL: 3, 6
MESSIER: 102
NGC: 4236, 5981, 5982, 5985, 6543
OTHER: Arp 188

BoΓΆtes

STARS: Arcturus, Izar
CALDWELL: 45
NGC: 5248, 5466, 5529
OTHER: Hickson 73

Lynx

CALDWELL: 25
NGC: 2419, 2537, 2552, 2683
OTHER: Jones-Emberson 1, Purgathofer-Weinberger 1

Gemini

STARS: Castor
CALDWELL: 39
MESSIER: 35
NGC: 2158, 2371, 2392, 2420
OTHER: IC 443

Canis Major

STARS: Sirius
MESSIER: 41
NGC: 2359, 2360
OTHER: CMa Overdensity, Sh 2-308

Orion

STARS: Betelgeuse
MESSIER: 42, 43
NGC: 2024, 2169
OTHER: Barnard 33, LDN 1622

Cetus

STARS: Mira
CALDWELL: 51, 56, 62
MESSIER: 77
NGC: 246, 247
OTHER: IC 1613, Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte

Pegasus

STARS: 51 Peg
CALDWELL: 30, 43, 44
MESSIER: 15
NGC: 7331, 7479, 7814
OTHER: HCG 92

Aquarius

CALDWELL: 55, 63
MESSIER: 2, 72, 73
NGC: 7009, 7284, 7293
OTHER: HCG 88, Arp 93

Cygnus

STARS: Albireo
CALDWELL: 12, 33, 34
MESSIER: 29
NGC: 6960, 6992, 6946, 7000
OTHER: Sh2-101

Sagittarius

STARS: Sgr A
CALDWELL: 57
MESSIER: 17, 20, 21, 22
NGC: 6822

Scorpius

STARS: Antares
MESSIER: 4, 6, 7
NGC: 6334, 6357
OTHER: IC 4592

Hercules

STARS: Ras Algethi
MESSIER: 13, 92
NGC: 6207, 4631
OTHER: Abell 39, Abell 2151

Canes Venatici

STARS: Y CVn, TON 618
CALDWELL: 32
MESSIER: 3, 51, 63
NGC: 4627, 4631

Coma Berenices

MESSIER: 64, 100
NGC: 4173, 4565, 4889
OTHER: HCG 61, Melotte 111

Leo

STARS: R Leo, Wolf 359, Gamma Leo
MESSIER: 65, 66
NGC: 2903, 3628

Cancer

STARS: X Cnc, Iota Cnc, Zeta Cnc, 55 Cnc
CALDWELL: 48
MESSIER: 44, 67
NGC: 2672, 2775
OTHER: Arp 167

Monoceros

CALDWELL: 46, 49, 50
MESSIER: 50
NGC: 2237, 2244, 2261, 2264, 2346
OTHER: IC 2177

Perseus

STARS: Algol
CALDWELL: 14, 24
MESSIER: 76
NGC: 869, 884, 1245, 1275, 1499

Camelopardalis

STARS: RU Cam
CALDWELL: 5, 7
NGC: 1501, 1502, 2146, 2403
OTHER: IC 342, IC 3568