Easy Sky Messier Objects

[admin]

Hi guys,
I am compiling easy Messier objects for everyone.

I have a short list here:

Easy Messier Objects:

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 52, 55, 67, 92, 93, 103.



Please let me know how easy these guys are, if any have seen these and what we should add / take away from this list.


Cheers

[powerwindows1985]

I found this web site last year. It has all the Messier objects for a Mesier marathon in the order they should be observed. It also notes difficulty. Here is a link:

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[Prince]

Easiest:
M6,M7,M8,M20,M31,M34,M41,M42,M43,M44,M45
the above object is the most easy to find, when holding stagazing activities, i will show them to participants first.

[Carlos_dfc]

I also find m81 and m82 easy.
Easiest galaxies to see, after m31 IMHO

m27 (dumbell) and m57 (ring) are also very easy star-hops.
M43 is just above m42, so that's another easy one - and m40 (the double star near Megrez is also easy IMHO)

Surprisingly to some people, I also find m51 to be quite easy - by that I don't mean it's bright, or that I can see much detail with a small scope - what I mean is that I can 'plonk' straight onto it within seconds, and at least detect it, with only 70mm binocs, from a moderately light-polluted site.

I think most of the other easy ones have been covered already - oh, except some of the galaxies in the Virgo cluster - a few of those aren't too difficult to see - however, identifying exactly which ones you have seen, against a chart, can be a bit of a challenge for beginners.