Albireo-type stars
Beta
Cyg Albireo
h3945 CMa
The Albireo of Winter
Iota
Cnc The Albireo of Spring
Best bright nebulae
NGC 1976 M42 Ori Great Orion Nebula
NGC 6523 M8 Sgr Lagoon
Nebula
Blood-red stars
Y
CVn La Superba
Mu
Cep Herschel's Garnet Star
TX
Psc Naked-eye carbon star
Brightest globulars
NGC 6205 M13 Her Great Hercules
GC
NGC 6121 M4 Sco Naked-eye
globular
NGC 5904 M5 Ser Rivals
M13
Double-double stars
Alpha
Cap Always overlooked
Epsilon Lyr
A classic system
Easiest galaxies
NGC 4594 M104 Vir Sombrero
Galaxy
NGC 5194 M51 CVn Whirlpool Galaxy
NGC 4826 M64 Com Blackeye
Galaxy
NGC 253
Scl Sculptor Galaxy
Easiest planetary nebulae
NGC 3242
Hya Ghost of Jupiter
NGC 6720 M57 Lyr Ring Nebula
NGC 6853 M27 Vul Dumbbell Nebula
Famous Mira-type stars
Omicron Cet Mira, of course
Chi
Cyg One of the big four
R
Hya One of the big four
R
Leo One of the big four
Famous double stars
Gamma
And Almach
Gamma
Ari Mesarthim
Gamma
Leo Algeiba
Gamma
Lep
Famous dwarf
Omicron2 Eri
Easiest dwarf to view
Famous triple stars
Zeta
Cnc Needs a 5-inch scope
Beta
Mon Herchel's Wonder Star
Famous variable star
Beta
Per Algol, The Ghoul Star
Hottest star visible
Zeta
Pup Naked-eye O-type star
Largest spiral galaxy
NGC 3115 Sex
Spindle Galaxy
Famous "Little Clouds"
NGC 224 M31 And Great
Andromeda Galaxy
NGC 2287 M41 CMa One of the prettiest?
NGC 2632 M44 Cnc Praesepe, Beehive
NGC 6405 M6 Sco Butterfly
Cluster
NGC 6475 M7 Sco Adjacent
to M6
Messier Marathon "spoilers"
NGC 7099 M30 Cap Not easy at all
NGC 628 M74 Psc aka
"The Graveyard"
Most elusive open clusters
NGC 752 And
Big, but rarely there
NGC 7789 Cas
Demands dark skies
Most elusive planetary nebula
NGC 7293 Aqr
The famous Helix Nebula
Most elusive galaxy
NGC 598 M33 Tri Almost mystical
Most remote local globular
NGC 2419 Lyn
"Intergalactic Wanderer"
Nearest Seyfert galaxy
NGC 1068 M77 Cet Most visible
Seyfert
Nearest starburst galaxy
NGC 3031 M81 UMa One of Bode's
Galaxies
Oldest globular cluster
NGC 5272 M3 CVn Almost naked-eye
Oldest open clusters
NGC 188 Cep
Truly difficult to find
NGC 6791 Lyr
Very rich but faint
NGC 2682 Cnc Demands
good seeing
Prettiest open clusters
NGC 2168 M35 Gem Houston's favorite
Hyades
Tau Core of UMa Moving Cluster
NGC 6231
Sco The "Mini-Pleiades"
Prettiest starfields
Mel 111 Com
Coma Star Cluster
Gamma
Cyg around Sadr
Mel 20
Per Mirfak Cluster
Richest globular cluster
NGC 7078 M15 Peg Most awesome
globular
Richest open clusters
NGC 2477
Pup Shapley's designation
NGC 6705 M11 Sct Wild Duck Cluster
Youngest open clusters
NGC 2362
CMa Needs an 8-inch scope
NGC 7654 M52 Cas Easy to spot
M45
Tau The pretty Pleiades