| 68 | | ||'''October'''|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || |
| | 68 | ||'''October'''|| ||Andromeda Galaxy (M31)|| ||Spiral galaxy (Sb)|| ||3.4 mag|| ||178'x63'|| ||>= 8"|| ||Can only see core in telescope, appears as faint, white cloud.|| ||[http://www.seds.org/Messier/m/m031.html 1] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_31 2]|| |
| | 69 | || || ||Double Cluster (NGC 869 + 884)|| ||Open Cluster|| ||4 mag|| ||60'|| ||>=Binoculars|| ||Two bright, resolved star clusters side by side. Needs a wide FOV.|| ||[http://seds.org/~spider/ngc/ngc.cgi?869 1] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_cluster 2]|| |
| | 70 | || || ||M52|| ||Open Cluster|| ||7 mag|| ||13'|| ||>=6"|| ||V-shaped salt+pepper star cluster, resolved in any telescope|| ||[http://messier.obspm.fr/m/m052.html 1] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_52 2]|| |
| | 71 | || || ||Albireo|| ||Binary Star|| ||3.1 mag|| ||35" apart|| ||>=Binoculars|| ||High contrast double with one star red, one star blue.|| ||[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albireo 1]|| |
| | 72 | || || ||Almach (Gamma Andromedae)|| ||blue and gold double star|| ||2.3 and 5.1 mag|| ||10" apart|| ||>=binoculars|| ||Often considered the most beautiful high contrast double star in the sky, even superior to Albireo. The pair is 350 light years distant. The secondary itself is an unresolvable triple star system.|| ||[http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/almach.html 1] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_Andromedae 2]|| |
| | 73 | || || ||Ring Nebula (M57)|| ||Planetary Nebula|| ||8.8 mag|| ||1.4'x1.0'|| ||>= 6"|| ||Appears as a faintly colored ring, small.|| ||[http://www.seds.org/Messier/m/m057.html 1] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_57 2]|| |
