JANUARY

The Sun
Mizar and Alcor (Double Star)
Polaris , the North Star
Naked Eye Target: Sirius , the Brightest Star
Canopus , the Great Star of the South, Carina
Achernar, Eridanus
The Moon
Naked Eye Asterism: The Big Dipper
Cassiopeia
Naked Eye Constellation:
Orion
FEBRUARY
Aldebaran
The Pleiades , M45
The Hyades Open Cluster
Betelgeuse
Naked Eye Target:
Rigel
The Orion Nebula , M42
The Full Moon
The Orion Arm of the Milky Way
The Winter Hexagone (Rig, Ald, Cap, Cast/Pol, Proc, Sir)
Naked Eye Asterism:
The Winter Triangle (Betelgeuse, Procyon, Sirius)
Naked Eye Constellation: Taurus
MARCH
Arcturus
Capella
Procyon
Naked Eye Target: Canis Major
Sunset
The Pre-dawn Sky
Earthshine on the Moon
Boötes (Boyero)
Auriga
Naked Eye Constellation: Gemini
Ursa Major
Leo
APRIL
Spica
Naked Eye Target:
Lyrids Meteor Shower
The Spring Diamond (Arcturus, Spica, Denebola, Cor Caroli)
Naked Eye Asterism:
The Spring Triangle (Arcturus, Spica, Regulus/Denebola)
Cancer
Naked Eye Constellation:
Draco
The Night Sky
Mizar and Alcor
The Moon
The Pleiades
 The Orion Nebula , M42
M41 Beneath Sirius
Binocular Target:
Jupiter and the Galilean Moons
Betelgeuse
Hyades Open Cluster
The Beehive Cluster , M44
Ursa Minor
The Engagement Ring
MAY
Vega
Naked Eye Target:
The Crescent Moon
Hercules and the Keystone
Coma Berenices
Naked Eye Constellation:
Virgo
Lyra
Halley’s Comet
The Great Hercules Cluster, M13
Binocular Target: The Coma Star Cluster/Melotte 111
Epsilon Lyrae, the Double Double
The International Space Station ISS
JUNE
Naked Eye Asterism: The Summer Triangle (Vega, Deneb, Altair)
Canes Venatici
Naked Eye Constellation: Gemini
Ophiuchus
Antares (The Royal Stars: Antares, Aldebaran, Regulus, Fomalhaut)
Corona Borealis
Binocular Target:
The Hubble Deep Field
Barnard’s Star
JULY
Naked Eye Target: Mars
The Teapot (Sagitario)
Naked Eye Asterism:
The Northern Cross and Cygnus
Scorpius
Naked Eye Constellation: Aquila
Delphinus
Antares
Globular Cluster M4
Ptolemy’s Cluster, M7
Globular Cluster M22
Lagoon and Triffid Nebulae, M8 and M20
Binocular Target:
The Methuselah Star
Venus
Mercury
Omnicron 1 Cygni and Omicron 2 Cygni
The Moon’s Lunar Seas
 AUGUST
The Perseids Meteor Shower
Naked Eye Target:
The Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way
The Full Moonrise
North American Nebula , NGC 7000
Binocular Target: The Coat-Hanger Cluster
Sagitta
Globular Cluster M71
SEPTEMBER
Naked Eye Target: The Great Square of Pegasus
Crescent and First Quarter Moon
Full Moon Rising
Telescope Target: Saturn
Albireo
The Dumbbell Nebula, M27
OCTOBER
Naked Eye Target: Iridium Flares
Naked Eye Asterism: The Circlet Asterism, Pisces
Triangulum
Naked Eye Constellation:
Aquarius
The Andromeda Galaxy, M31
Open Cluster NGC 752
Binocular Target: Water Jar Asterism, Aquarius
Fomalhaut, Piscis Austrinus
Uranus
The Andromeda Galaxy, M31
The Triangulum Galaxy, M33
Zeta Aquarii Double Star, Aquarius
Neptune
Bode’s Nebula, M81and the Cigar Galaxy, M82
NGC 2403 Galaxy
Mizar A, Mizar B and Alcor, the Big Dipper
Telescope Target:
Epsilon Lyrae , the Double Double
Cor Caroli , Canes Venatici
Almach , Andromeda
Omnicron 1 Cygni, 30 Cygni and HD 192579, Cygnus
The Dolphin’s Double, Delphinus
Globular Cluster M15 , Pegasus
51 Pegasi
NOVEMBER
Naked Eye Target: Deneb
Naked Eye Asterism: The Fall Triangle (Capella, Mirfak, Pléyades)
Perseus
Naked Eye Constellation:
Cepheus
Binocular Target: Errai, the Next Pole Star
The Pleiades
The Other Seven Sisters, the Pleiades
 Burnham 536, the Pleiades
M34 Open Cluster
Perseus Double Cluster, NGC 869 and NGC 884
Algol , the Winking Demon Star
Alpha Persei Moving Group/ Melotte 20 Open Cluster
The Auriga Three, M36 , M37 and M38
The Garnet Star, Cepheus
Telescope Target: V762 Cas
Jupiter and the Galilean Moons
Phases of Mercury
The Moon Through a Barlow Lens
Tycho Crater and Rays, the Moon
Copernicus Crater and Rays, the Moon
Kepler Crater and Rays, the Moon
Grimaldi Crater, the Moon
Proclus
Aristarchus
DECEMBER
Naked Eye Constellation: Lepus
The Triangle , Collinder 65 Open Cluster
Binocular Target:
Christmas Tree Cluster, NGC 2264
Orion Nebula , M42
Struve 747 , Double Star in Orion ’s Sword
Collinder 70 Open Cluster, Orion
M35 Open Cluster, Gemini
Telescope Target: Castor , the Double-Double- Double
A Crescent Venus
Open Cluster M52
Open Cluster NGC 7789
Achird, Cassiopeia