Galaxies
Object reference | Size | Shape | Visual Scale | Telescope used |
NGC 2300 | small | circular | Skywatcher 10 inch | |
NGC 6946 | large | circular | Skywatcher 10 inch | |
NGC 6951 | small | circular | Skywatcher 10 inch | |
NGC 1184 | very small | slither | Skywatcher 10 inch |
This table is sorted by visual scale and then size.
Other notes
Best in late autumn and early winter.
Cephus has galactic co-ordinates of approximately 110, 10.
So when you look at this constellation you are looking through the galactic plane along the Orion arm of our spiral galaxy.