Beginners have a real problem seeing faint and/or small objects.... so here is a.... List of Deep Sky Objects with minimum magnitude of 6.9 and minimum size of at least 8 arcminutes Perfect for untrained eyes with small telescopes (80mm refractors) and viewing in light polluted or hazy conditions... Nebulas and galaxies omitted (since these are hard to see) EXCEPT for Orion Nebula (M42) and Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

MEL
IC
M
NGC

Andromeda 31 752 7686
Aquarius 2 73
Aquila 6709
Ara 6193 6250 6397 4651
Auriga 36 37 38 2281
Camelopardus 1502
Cancer 44 67
Canes Venatici 3
Canis Major 41 2362
Carina 2516 2808 3114 3372 3532 2581 2602
Cassiopeia 52 129 457 1027 7789 1805
Centaurus 2944 3766 5139 5316 5460 5617 5662
Cepheus 1396
Coma Bernices 111
Corona Australis 6541
Crux 4755
Cygnus 39 6811 6871
Gemini 35
Hercules 13 92
Hydra 48
Lacerta 7243
Lupus 5822
Monoceros 50 2244 2301
Norma 6067 6087 6167
Ophiuchus 10 12 62 6633 4665
Orion 42 1981 2175 434
Pavo 6752
Pegasus 15
Perseus 34 869 884 1528 1545
Puppis 46 47 93 2439 2451 2477 2527 2539 2546
Sagitarius 18 21 22 23 24 25 28 55 6530 6546
Scorpio 4 6 7 6124 6231 6242 6281 6388 6416
Scutum 11
Serpens 5
Taurus 451647 1746
Triangulum Australe 6025
Vela 2391 2395 2547 2669 3201 3228
Vulpecula 6940

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