Turn Left at Orion Other Objects Object Size/ Rating For Best View: Coordinates Name Constellation Object Type Magnitude Double Star Separation Dob small binocs sky magnification Right Ascension Declination notes page Season additional description "Mu Cephei, Garnet Star" Cepheus Carbon Star 7.9 1 1 1 any low 21 H 43.5 min. 58ˇ 47' red supergiant 'Garnet Star' 196 North lovely red color "Y CVn, La Superba" Canes Venatici Carbon Star 4.86-5.88; 268 days 2 2 2 any low 14 H 41.1 min. 13ˇ 44' carbon star near Cor Caroli 113 Apr.-Jun. "beautiful deep red in binoculars, finder, or any telescope" V Aquilae Aquila Carbon Star 6.8 2 2 2 any low 19 H 4.4 min. -5ˇ 41' deep red 'carbon' variable star 141 Jul.-Sep. lovely deep red variabe star U Sagittarii Sagittarius Cepheid Variable Star 6.28-7.16; 6 days and 18 hours 1 1 1 any low 18 H 31.8 min. -19ˇ 22' Cepheid variable star 145 Jul.-Sep. "Cepheid variable in M25; at maximum, clearly the brightest in the cluster - at minimum, not" "Alpha Herculis, Ras Algethi" Hercules Double (& variable) Star "3.5, 5.4" "4.9""" 3 2 x steady high 17 H 14.6 min. 14ˇ 23Ő' colorful double star 124 Jul.-Sep. nice red-green pair 53 Cancri Cancer "Double Star, Exoplanets" "6.2, 9.7" "43""" 3 3 x steady high 8 H 52.5 min. 28ˇ 16' one of the Cancer-Leo doubles 97 Apr.-Jun. "wide, unequal double near Iota Cancri" Xi Boštis Boštes "Double Star, Exoplanets" "4.8, 7.0" "6.4""" 3 2 x steady high 14 H 51.4 min. 19ˇ 6Ő' "a Boštes double star, with planets" 116 Apr.-Jun. yellow star with nearby dimmer orange companion 16 Cygni Cygnus "Double Star, Exoplanets" "6.0, 6.2" "40""" 1 2 x any low 19 H 41.8 min. 50ˇ 31Ő' double near the blinking planetary 134 Jul.-Sep. "wide, equal pair of yellow stars" 51 Pegasi Pegasus Exoplanets 5.4 1 1 1 any low 22 H 57.5 min. 20ˇ 46' the first exoplanet star 165 Oct.-Dec. nothing much to see - but the first star known to have extrasolar planets Upsilon Andromedae Andromeda Exoplanets 4.2 1 1 1 any low 1 H 36.8 min. 41ˇ 24' exoplanet star 181 Oct.-Dec. "nearby, roughly sun-like star with interesting set of large planets, one in the habitable zone" HD 160202 Scorpius Flare Star "6.7, except during rare flares" 1 1 1 any low 17 H 40.0 min. -31ˇ 12' flare star 158 Jul.-Sep. normally just one of the brighter stars in M6 - but be alert for a flare! Rho Cassiopeiae Cassiopeia Supergiant 4.5 1 1 x any low 23 H 54.4 min. 57ˇ 30' supergiant star 190 North LY Aurigae Auriga Variable 6.66-7.35; 4.00 days 1 1 1 any any 5 H 29.7 min. 35ˇ 23' eclipsing variable star near M38 71 Jan.-Mar ZZ (L) Carinae Carina Variable 3.3-4.2; 35.5 days 1 1 1 any low 10 H 54.4 min. -58ˇ 47' Cepheid variable star 227 South Beta Lyrae Lyra Variable (& double) Star "3.3-4.3, 6.7" "46""" 1 1 1 any low 18 H 50.1 min. 33ˇ 22Ő' eclipsing variable (and wide double) 131 Jul.-Sep. famous eclipsing variable star near M57 BM Orionis Orion Variable Star 7.9-8.65; 6.47 days 1 1 x any high 5 H 35.3 min. -5ˇ 23' eclipsing variable in the Trapezium 55 Jan.-Mar most northerly of the Trapezium stars V1016 Orionis Orion Variable Star 6.7-7.65; 65.43 days 1 1 x any medium 5 H 35.3 min. -5ˇ 23' eclipsing variable in the Trapezium 55 Jan.-Mar most westerly of the four bright Trapezium stars M1 Taurus Supernova Remanent 8.4 4' by 6' 3 1 x dark low 5 H 34.5 min. 22ˇ 1' the Crab Nebula 66 Jan.-Mar remnant nebula from 1054 supernova VZ Cancri Cancer Variable Star 7.18-7.91; 4.28 hours 1 1 2 any any 8 H 40.9 min. 9ˇ 49' variable star in Cancer 94 Apr.-Jun. dynamic variable: compare with nearby 37 Cancri R Cygni Cygnus Variable Star 6.1-14.4; 426 days 1 1 x any low 19 H 36.8 min. 50ˇ 12' red variable star 135 Jul.-Sep. "red variable - ranging in brihghtness from easy to see in a finder to invisible in an 8"" Dob" R Scuti Scutum Variable Star 4.2-8.6; 146 days 1 1 1 any low 18 H 47.5 min. -5ˇ 43' variable star near M11 141 Jul.-Sep. variable star close to M11 RR Scorpii Scorpius Variable Star 5.0-12.4; 281 days 1 1 x dark medium 16 H 56.6 min. -30ˇ 35' variable star near M62 155 Jul.-Sep. "red Mira-type variable, ranging from just short of naked-eye to too dim for a small 'scope" BM Scorpii Scorpius Variable Star 5.25-6.46 1 1 x any low 17 H 41.0 min. -32ˇ 13' variable star in M6 157 Jul.-Sep. bright orange variable star near eastern (trailing) edge of M6 Rho Persei Perseus Variable Star 3.3-4.0; 50 days 1 1 2 any low 3 H 5.2 min. 38ˇ 51' variable star in Perseus 183 Oct.-Dec. "red giant variable star near Algol, ranging from equal to Kappa Persei to half as bright" "Beta Persei, Algol" Perseus Variable Star "2.12-3.39; 2 days, 20.8 hours" 1 1 2 any low 3 H 8.2 min. 40ˇ 57' "Algol, famous eclipsing variable star" 183 Oct.-Dec. "the 'demon star'; normally almost a match for Mirfak, in eclipse it's dimmer than Delta Persei" RZ Cassiopeiae Cassiopeia Variable Star "6.18-7.21; 1 day, 4.7 hours" 1 1 1 any low 2 H 48.8 min. 69ˇ 39' dramatic eclipsing variable star 188 North rapidly changing eclipsing variable SU Cassiopeiae Cassiopeia Variable Star "5.7-6.18; 1 day, 22.8 hours" 1 1 1 any low 2 H 51.9 min. 68ˇ 53' Cepheid variable star 188 North variable star near RZ Cassiopeiae