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  Month January February March April May June July August September October November December   Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31   Time 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 24:00   Time Zone UTC+12 UTC+11 UTC+10 (EST) UTC+9 UTC+8 UTC+7 UTC+6 UTC+5 UTC+4 UTC+3 UTC+2 UTC+1 (CET) 0 (UTC or GMT) UTC-3 (ADT) UTC-4 (AST or EDT) UTC-5 (EST or CDT) UTC-6 (CST or MDT) UTC-7 (MST or PDT) UTC-8 (PST or MDT) UTC-9 (PDT) UTC-10 (HST) UTC-11 UTC-12

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  Start RA  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23   Upper Dec  70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30 -40 -50 -60
  Stop RA  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24   Lower Dec  60 50 40 30 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30 -40 -50 -60 -70

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  Constellation All Andromeda Antila Apus Aquarius Aquila Ara Aries Auriga Bootes Caelum Camelopardalis Cancer Canes Venatici Canis Major Canis Minor Capricornus Carina Cassiopeia Centaurus Cepheus Cetus Chamaeleon Circinus Columba Coma Berenices Corona Austrina Corona Borealis Corvus Crater Crux Cygnus Delphinus Dorado Draco Equuleus Eridanus Fornax Gemini Grus Hercules Horologium Hydra Hydrus Indus Lacerta Leo Leo Minor Lepus Libra Lupus Lynx Lyra Mensa Microscopium Monoceros Musca Norma Octans Ophiuchus Orion Pavo Pegasus Perseus Phoenix Pictor Pisces Piscis Austrinus Puppis Pyxis Reticulum Sagitta Sagittarius Scorpius Sculptor Scutum Serpens Sextans Taurus; Telescopium Triangulum Triangulum Australe Tucana Ursa Major Ursa Minor Vela Virgo Volans Vulpecula

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  Object Type All Open Cluster Globular Cluster Galaxy Nebula Planetary Nebula Emission Nebula Reflection Nebula Dark Nebula Supernova Remnant Quasar Star Carbon Star Variable Star Binary Star Asterism   Magnitude Limit None 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

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  Catalog All Messier NGC IC Barnard Collinder Berkely Palomar   Observing List None SiOwl Picks Star Party SAC110 RASC Challenge H400 Webb Levy Caldwell

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