The Seven Best Southern Sky Objects

The most remarkable objects in the Southern sky.

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Venus – Regular as Clockwork

Every nineteen months Venus moves into our evening sky, stays for about nine and a half months and then disappears below our evening horizon

Nebula M78

Designation: Messier 78 & NGC 2068, in the constellation of Orion. Visual magnitude: +8.3 Apparent size: 8 x 6 arc-minutes. Diameter: … More

NGC 1433 galaxy

Designation: NGC 1433 in constellation of Horologium. Visual magnitude: +10 Apparent size: 6.2 x 3.0 arc-minutes. Diameter: 49,000 light years. Distance: 27 … More

Centaurus A

Designation: NGC 5128, Caldwell 77; in Centaurus. Visual magnitude: +6.6 Apparent size: 26 x 20 arc-minutes. Diameter: 90,300 light years. … More

The Eight-Burst Nebula

Designation: NGC 3132, Caldwell 74, in the constellation of Vela. Visual magnitude: +9.7 Apparent size: 1.0 x 0.7 arc-minutes. Diameter: 0.7 … More

Venus

Designation: Venus Visual magnitude: -3.8 (varies between -3.4 to -4.2 over its cycle) Apparent size: 18 arc seconds. current. … More

Tarantula Nebula

Designation: NGC 2070, Caldwell 103, in constellation of Dorado. Visual magnitude: +5.0 Apparent size: 40 x 25 arc-minutes. Diameter: 1833 light years. … More

Eta Carinae Nebula

Designation: Caldwell 92, NGC 3372, in constellation of Carina. Visual magnitude: +1.0. Apparent size in arc-minutes: 120′ x 120′. Diameter in light … More

M42 – The Orion Nebula

Object Details: Designation: M42, NGC 1976 Constellation: Orion Visual … More

NGC 1365

Object Details: Designation: NGC 1365 Constellation: Fornax Visual magnitude: +9.6 … More

Flocculent Galaxy NGC 7793

Object Details: Designation: NGC 7793 Constellation: Sculptor Visual magnitude: +9.2 Apparent size: 10.4′ x 6.0′ Diameter: 37,000 light … More

Globular Cluster NGC 6752

Object Details: Designations: NGC 6752, Caldwell 93. Constellation: Pavo. Visual magnitude: +5.4 … More

NGC 346 & NGC 371 in the SMC

Object Details: Designation: NGC 346 Constellation: Tucana Visual magnitude: +10.3 Apparent size: 14′ x 11′ Diameter: 1149 light years. Distance: 200,000 light years A … More