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Welcome to the Star Hopping Deep Sky Object episode list. The following episodes are dedicated to the location of deep sky objects of all kinds.
In Episode SH018 of Star Hopping… We’ll start our exploration of the Realm of the Galaxies, in the Virgo region. We’ll use our star hopping methods to find Messier 98, Messier 99, and the grand design spiral, Messier 100.
In Episode SH017 of Star Hopping… We’ll be exploring the Coma Berenices region, and using our star hopping methods to find the Sunflower Galaxy: Messier 63, the Black Eye Galaxy: Messier 64, and the Needle Galaxy: NGC4565.
In Episode SH016 of Star Hopping… We’ll use our star hopping techniques to show you how to find the spiral galaxy Messier 106, the grand design face-on spiral Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, and finally we are amazed by the famous Whirlpool Galaxy, also catalogued as Messier 51.
In Episode SH014 of Star Hopping… We’ll be exploring the Leo region, and using our star hopping methods to find Messier 65, Messier 66, and the galaxy NGC 2903.
In Episode SH013 of Star Hopping… This episode of Star Hopping checks out the fainter regions just to the lower right of Orion and Canis Major, the dim constellations of Lepus, Caelum, Horologium, Eridanus, and Fornax.
In Episode SH012 of Star Hopping… We’re looking at the Ursa Major Region and Cancer as well. We’ll show you how to find the two beautiful galaxies Messier 81 and 82, otherwise known as Bode’s Galaxies, in Ursa Major. Then we’ll check out Messier 44, the huge open star cluster in the constellation of Cancer.
In Episode SH010 of Star Hopping… We’ll discuss the Canis Major region, and will show you how to find a set of beautiful Open Clusters, and a bonus object! Check out our star hopping techniques to find Messier 41, Messier 46 & 47, and the Tau Canis Majoris Cluster.
In Episode SH009 of Star Hopping… We’ll discuss how to locate the Rosette Nebula in Monoceros, the Christmas Tree Cluster in Monoceros, and the Open Cluster Messier 35 in Gemini.
In Episode SH006 of Star Hopping… And the show continues! We’re covering the Orion area of the sky this week, and will show you how to find some of the most spectacular nebulae in the entire sky.
In Episode SH005 of Star Hopping… We’re looking at the Aquarius “water” region of the sky in this week’s episode, and will locate the Sculptor Spiral Galaxy, the Helix Nebula, and the Globular Cluster M30.