| | 49 | ||'''January'''|| || Orion Nebula (M 42) || || emission nebula || || || || || || || || || || || |
| | 50 | || || || Pleiades (M 45) || || open cluster || || || || || || || || || || || |
| | 51 | || || || M 35 || || open cluster || || 5.3 || || 28' || || || || || || || |
| | 52 | || || || M 36 || || open cluster || || 6.3 || || 12' || || || || || || || |
| | 53 | || || || M 37 || || open cluster || || 6.2 || || 24' || || || || || || || |
| | 54 | || || || M 38 || || open cluster || || 7.4 || || 21' || || || || || || || |
| | 55 | || || || M 52 || || open cluster || || 7.3 || || 13' || || || || || || || |
| | 56 | || || ||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]|| |
| | 57 | || || ||Owl Cluster (NGC 457)|| ||Open Cluster|| ||6 mag|| ||13'|| ||>=10"|| ||Star cluster shaped like a bird with outstretched wings, with two bright stars for eyes. Nice with 12" dob.|| ||[http://seds.org/~spider/ngc/ngc.cgi?457 1] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl_Cluster 2]|| |
| | 58 | || || ||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]|| |
