The NGC and IC include more than 10,000 deep-sky objects. Large aperture and dark skies are needed to observe many of these distant, faint objects. However, thousands can be observed with a telescope as small as 8-inches in aperture. The links on this page will take you to my sketches and observations for hundreds of NGC/IC objects, and some interesting selections from other catalogs. If you would like more information about these deep-sky challenges, visit The NGC/IC Project Home Page.

1 | 16 | 40 | 83 | 90 & 93 | 100 | 129 | 136 | 147 | 157 | 185 | 210 | 225 | 244 | 246 | 247 | 253 | 255 | 270 | 273 to 275 | 278 | 281-Pac Man Nebula | 288 | 298 | 309 | 340 | 341 | 381 | 404 | 428 | 436 | 457 | 467 | 488 | 516 & 524 | 520 | 545 | 559 | 584 & 586 | 596 | 613 | 615 | 636 | 637 | 654 | 659 | 663 | 720 | 752 | 772 | 779 | 794 | 869 & 884-Double Cluster | 891 | 898 | 908 | 910 | 936 |

1003 | 1022 | 1023 | 1027 | 1042 & 1052 | 1049 | 1055 | 1072 | 1084 | 1087 | 1245 | 1275-Perseus Cluster | 1342 | 1360 | 1365 | 1395 | 1400 & 1407 | 1415 | 1426 | 1444 | 1501 | 1502 | 1513 | 1514 | 1528 | 1535 | 1545 | 1647 | 1664 | 1691 | 1719 | 1758 | 1762 | 1788 | 1807 & 1817 | 1857 | 1931 | 1961 | 1964 | 1999 |

2022 | 2024-Flame Nebula | 2126 | 2129 | 2169 | 2174 | 2185 | 2186 | 2194 | 2204 | 2215 | 2232 | 2237-Rosette Nebula & 2244 | 2251 | NGC 2261-Hubble's Variable Nebula | 2264 | 2266 | 2273 | 2281 | 2286 | 2301 | 2304 | 2311 | 2324 | 2335 | 2343 | 2353 | 2354 | 2355 | 2359-Thor's Helmet | 2360 | 2362-Tau Canis Major Cluster | 2371 | 2392-Eskimo Nebula | 2395 | 2403 | 2419 | 2420 | 2421 | 2423 | 2438 | 2440 | 2479 | 2482 | 2489 | 2506 | 2509 | 2527-Half-hearted cluster | 2539 | 2567 | 2613 | 2624 & 2625 | 2627 | 2637 | 2643 | 2571 | 2655 | 2681 & 2693 | 2683 | 2742 | 2744, 2747, 2749 & 2752 | 2767, 2769 & 2771 | 2768 | 2775 | 2782 | 2787 | 2811 | 2832 | 2841 | 2859 | 2903 | 2916 | 2950 | 2964 & 2968 | 2974 | 2976 | 2985 | 2991 & 2994 |

3041 | 3077 | 3079 | 3092 & Co. | 3115 | 3147 | 3166 & 3169 | 3184 | 3190 & 3193 | 3198 | 3226 & 3227 | 3242-Ghost of Jupiter | 3245 | 3254 | 3265 | 3277 | 3294 | 3310 | 3344 | 3377 | 3384 & 3389 | 3395 & 3396 | 3412 | 3414 | 3432 | 3486 | 3489 | 3504 | 3507 | 3521 | 3593 | 3599 | 3607 & 3608 | 3610 | 3613 & 3619 | 3621 | 3626 | 3628 | 3631 | 3640 | 3655 | 3658 & 3665 | 3675 | 3686 | 3718 & 3729 | 3726 | Copeland's Septet | 3801 & Co. | 3810 | 3813 | 3877 | 3893 & 3896 | 3888 & 3898 | 3900 | 3910 | 3912 | 3938 | 3941 | 3945 | 3949 | 3953 | 3962 | 3982 |

4026 | 4027 | 4030 | 4036 & 4041 | 4038 & 4039-Ringtail Galaxy | 4051 | 4085 & 4088 | 4102 | 4111 & 4117 | 4143 | 4147 | 4150 | 4151 & 4156 | 4179 | 4189 | 4203 | 4212 | 4214 | 4217 | 4244 | 4245 | 4251 | 4260 & 4261 | 4274 & 4278 | 4281 | 4293 | 4314 | 4340 & 4350 | 4346 | 4361 | 4365 | 4371 | 4383 | 4395 | 4405 | 4414 | 4419 | 4429 | 4442 | 4448 | 4449 | 4450 | 4485 & 4490 | 4494 | 4517 | 4526 | 4527 & 4536 | 4535 | 4546 | 4559 | 4565 | 4567 & 4568 - Siamese Twins | 4570 | 4596 & 4608 | 4605 | 4618 & 4625 | 4631-Whale & NGC 4656-Hockey Stick | 4636 | 4639 & 4654 | 4643 | 4665 | 4666 & 4668 | 4676-The Mice | 4689 | 4697 | 4698 | 4699 | 4725 | 4753 | 4754 & 4762 | 4781 | 4800 | 4845 | 4856 | 4866 | 4874 & 4889-Coma Cluster | 4900 | 4958 | 4995 |

5005 & 5033 | 5053 | 5054 | 5077 | 5128-Centaurus A | 5139-Omega Centauri | 5248 | 5273 | 5322 | 5363 & 5364 | 5443 | 5466 | 5473 | 5475 | 5529 | 5557 | 5560 & 5566 | 5574 & 5576 | 5585 & 5631 | 5634 | 5676 | 5689 | 5694 | 5746 | 5838 | 5846 & 5850 | 5879 | 5897 | 5905 & 5908 | 5907 | 5982 & 5985 |

6118 | 6144 | 6166-Abell 2199 | 6207 | 6210 | 6217 | 6229 | 6235 | 6284 | 6287 | 6293 | 6302-Bug Nebula | 6304 | 6309-Box Nebula | 6316 | 6337 | 6342 | 6355 | 6356 | 6369 | 6401 | 6426 | 6440 | 6445 | 6451 | 6503 | 6517 | 6520 | 6522 & 6528 | 6539 | 6540 | 6543-Cat's Eye Nebula | 6544 | 6552 | 6553 | 6558 | 6568 | 6569 | 6583 | 6624 | 6629 | 6633 | 6638 | 6642 | 6645 | 6664 | 6712 | 6742 | 6755 | 6756 | 6765 | 6772 | 6781 | 6802 | 6804 | 6818-Little Gem | 6822-Barnard's Galaxy | 6823 | 6826-Blinking Planetary | 6830 | 6834 | 6866 | 6885 | 6888-Crescent Nebula | 6905 | 6910 | 6928 & 6930 | 6934 | 6939 | 6940 | 6944 | 6946 | 6956 | 6960-Veil Nebula (West) | 6962 & Co. | 6992-Veil Nebula (East) |

7000-North America Nebula | 7006 | 7008 | 7009-Saturn Nebula | 7042 | 7044 | 7062 | 7066 | 7068 | 7086 | 7094 | 7128 | 7142 | 7160 | 7209 | 7217 | 7242 | 7243 | 7263 | 7265 | 7293-Helix Nebula | 7296 | Stephan's Quintet | 7331 | 7342 | 7345 | 7346 & 7347 | 7380 | 7385 & Co. | 7448 | 7454 | 7457 | 7463 & 7465 | 7468 | 7479 | 7510 | 7530 | 7538-Ghost Nebula | 7597 & Co. | 7600 | 7606 | 7635-Bubble Nebula | 7640 | 7662-Blue Snowball | 7679 & 7682 | 7686 | 7696 | 7723 | 7724 & 7727 | 7789-White Rose | 7790 | 7814 |

IC 10 | IC 51=Arp 230 | IC 342 | IC 418-Raspberry Nebula | IC 443 | IC 1296 | IC 1805 | IC 2003 | IC 3568 | IC 4593 | IC 4617 | IC 4665 | IC 4997 | IC 5146-Cocoon Nebula |

Egg Nebula | Frosty Leo | Gyulbudaghian's Nebula | McNeil's Nebula | Pickering's Wedge | Sharpless 2-86 | Sharpless 2-112 | Sharpless 2-155-Cave Nebula | Sharpless 2-240 |

B33-Horsehead Nebula |

Hickson 16 | Hickson 21 | Hickson 22 | Hickson 58 | Hickson 61 | Hickson 62 | Hickson 67 | Hickson 68 | Hickson 69 | Hickson 70 | Hickson 71 | Hickson 72 | Hickson 80 | Hickson 82 | Hickson 87 | Hickson 88 | Hickson 93 | Leo I | Markarian's Chain |

Palomar 2 | Palomar 4 | Palomar 5 | Palomar 6 | Palomar 8 | Palomar 11 | Palomar 12 | Palomar 13 | Terzan 7 |

Abell 12 | Abell 20 | Abell 21 | Abell 30 | Abell 31 | Abell 33 | Abell 36 | Abell 39 | Abell 43 | Abell 46 | Abell 51 | Abell 65 | Abell 70 | Abell 72 | Jonckheere 320 | Jones 1 | Jones-Emberson 1 | Minkowski's Butterfly | Pease 1 |

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