The Cat’s Eye Nebula (also known as NGC 6543) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Draco. Our star was recently eclipsed by the moon, this nebula was an exploded star (about 1000 years ago). The Cat’s Eye Nebula cannot be seen by naked eye and lies about three thousand light-years from Earth. In my telescope it is small and dim.
NGC 6543 is in the center of the frame.
AKA NGC 1981, is an open cluster which is located in the constellation Orion. It is just above (above as in north of) the Running Man Nebula. A busy part of the sky. At magnitude 4.2 it is visible to the naked eye.
It looks like Sagittarius to me, but that is not as alliterative.
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The Fly and Spider nebulae are in the northern constellation Auriga. At about magnitude 10 they cannot be seen by naked eye.
The Spider and Fly Nebulae
IC 348 is a star-forming region in the constellation Perseus. At magnitude 7.3 it is not visible to the naked eye.
Per Cloud in Perseus
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IC 405 (also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, SH 2-229, or Caldwell 31) is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga. It is generally not visible to the naked eye. Auriga is near the winter Milky Way so there are a lot of stars in and around the nebula.
Flaming Star Nebula
M42 (NGC 1976) is a star forming nebula, an emission and reflection nebula in Orion.
M43 (NGC 1982) is also a star forming nebula and emission and reflection nebula with an open star cluster, also in Orion.
M78 (NGC 2068) is the great star forming nebula, a reflection nebula, with an open star cluster, in Orion.
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M1 (NGC 1952) is a supernova remnant that is now a nebula in the constellation Taurus commonly known as the Crab Nebula.
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M16 (NGC 6611, IC 4703) is a star forming nebula; an emission nebula with an open star cluster (IC 4703) in the constellation Serpens. It is commonly known as the Eagle Nebula.
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M27 (NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula commonly known as the Dumbbell Nebula.
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