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101 WEIRDEST COSMIC OBJECTS • A strange brew of astronomical oddities awaits you and your telescope.

2 ALPHA PERSEI CLUSTER

3 NGC 4151

1 UGC 12914 AND UGC 12915

4 NGC 1023

5 JONES-EMBERSON 1

6 DWINGELOO 1

7 NGC 3079 AND Q0957+561

8 JONES 1

9 HOAG’S OBJECT

10 NGC 147 AND NGC 185

11 NGC 4485 AND THE COCOON GALAXY

12 ZWICKY’S TRIPLET

13 THE INTERGALACTIC WANDERER

14 THE INTEGRAL SIGN GALAXY

15 STEPHAN’S QUINTET

16 MAFFEI 1 AND MAFFEI 2

17 GYULBUDAGHIAN’S NEBULA

18 MAYALL’S OBJECT

19 NGC 1275 ET AL.

20 CRESCENT NEBULA

21 EGG NEBULA

22 NGC 4319 AND MARKARIAN 205

23 SEYFERT’S SEXTET

24 NGC 6826

25 KEENAN’S SYSTEM

27 3C 273

28 PURGATHOFER-WEINBERGER 1

26 NGC 520

29 NGC 3190 GALAXY GROUP

30 EPSILON ERIDANI

31 LALANDE 21185

32 M15 AND PEASE 1

33 HIND’S VARIABLE NEBULA

34 THE HERCULES GALAXY CLUSTER

35 SIMEIS 147

36 WLM

37 NGC 404

38 BARNARD’S E

39 THE NECKLACE NEBULA

40 WILD’S TRIPLET

41 COPELAND’S SEPTET

42 MERRILL’S STAR NEBULA

43 ZWICKY’S NECKLACE

44 THE COMA STAR CLUSTER

45 LEO 1

46 BARNARD’S STAR

47 THE MEDUSA NEBULA

48 IC 443

JANUARY 2024 Starting strong • THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE AS IT APPEARS IN EARTH’S SKY.

RISING MOON I Impacts disturb Tranquillity

METEOR WATCH I An early start

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PATHS OF THE PLANETS JANUARY 2024

COMET SEARCH I Climbing as the stars sink

LOCATING ASTEROIDS I Surf and turf

49 BARNARD’S LOOP

50 M67

51 FORNAX DWARF

52 PENCIL NEBULA

53 ANTENNAE GALAXIES

55 SATURN NEBULA

56 LEMON SLICE NEBULA

54 ANT NEBULA

57 NGC 6231

58 BARNARD’S GALAXY

59 DARK DOODAD

60 SAGDIG

61 RED SPIDER NEBULA

62 RHO OPHIUCHI REGION

63 PG 1634+706

64 GOMEZ’S HAMBURGER

65 SCULPTOR DWARF

66 BURBIDGE’S CHAIN

67 SPIROGRAPH NEBULA

68 NGC 300

69 SNAKE NEBULA

70 THOR’S HELMET

71 SS 433

72 CARTWHEEL GALAXY

73 GUM NEBULA

74 KEPLER’S SUPERNOVA

75 GALACTIC CENTER

77 KAPTEYN’S STAR

78 TADPOLE GALAXY

76 THE VELA SUPERNOVA REMNANT

79 THE BULLET CLUSTER

80 P CYGNI

81 ABELL 194

82 JEWEL BOX CLUSTER

83 THE CLOVERLEAF

84 ETA CARINAE

85 EINSTEIN CROSS

86 THE COMA GALAXY CLUSTER

87 WOLF 359

88 THE BOOMERANG NEBULA

89 COALSACK NEBULA

90 T TAURI

91 RR LYRAE

92 STREICHER 7

93 ATOMS FOR PEACE GALAXY

94 SOUTHERN PLEIADES

95 MICE GALAXIES

96 M87

97 FU ORIONIS

98 URSA MAJOR MOVING GROUP

99 NGC 5189

100 TABBY’S STAR

101 STROTTNER-DRECHSLER-SAINTY OBJECT 1

March 2024 Jupiter’s swan song

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