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November

These night-sky objects are visible in November. We invite you to find them and compare your view to Hubble's!

The Milky Way above Devil's Tower National Monument.
NPS / Damon Joyce

Hubble's Night Sky Challenge is a year-round observing adventure for amateur astronomers to commemorate 35 years of Hubble science and discoveries. This challenge can also serve as a guide for star parties. Below, you’ll find a list of Messier and Caldwell night sky targets visible during November that Hubble has imaged over the years for both Northern and Southern Hemisphere observers.

Helpful Tips

  • Some objects may be visible from most locations on Earth, while others are only visible at specific latitudes and may not be accessible for those in other parts of the world. This page has two lists of recommended targets: one for the Northern Hemisphere and another for the Southern Hemisphere. For best results, we recommend using the list that corresponds to the part of the world you live in.
  • If the name of the object starts with an "M," it's part of the Messier catalog; names that start with "C" are part of the Caldwell catalog.
  • A difficulty scale of 1-3 denotes how easy an object is to find: 1 is the easiest and 3 the hardest. The easiest targets for each hemisphere are listed first, and the most difficult ones are listed last.

Northern Hemisphere Objects

These night sky objects are visible to viewers in the Northern Hemisphere.

This sweeping bird's-eye view of a portion of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) shows stars, lanes of dark dust and bright core. The central region is on the left.

M31: Great Andromeda Galaxy

Object Type: Spiral Galaxy
Difficulty: 1

Bright blue stars pepper the dark black sky

C14: Perseus Double Cluster

Object Type: Open Cluster
Difficulty: 1

thousands of stars can be seen in the corner of a galaxy that is void of gas and dust.

M32

Object Type: Elliptical Galaxy
Difficulty: 2

Thin line of stars and dust and gas, the side view of a galaxy. This galaxy is diagonal across the image, with the blackness of space behind it.

C23: Silver Sliver Galaxy

Object Type: Spiral Galaxy
Difficulty: 2

Near the center of the image is a bright orange star, and in the upper left, are two reddish-pink stars near each other. The entire image is filled by a turquoise, cloud-like "bubble".

C56: Skull Nebula

Object Type: Planetary Nebula
Difficulty: 2

In this wide-field image, the center of the galaxy is on the left, surrounded by dark clouds of gas, which make several "rings" of spiral arms around the center that extend farther and farther out to the right, filled with white stars in between.

C65: Sculptor Galaxy

Object Type: Spiral Galaxy
Difficulty: 2

A galaxy image with little structure but a clear central region of yellowish stars and an exterior of dust and blue star formation.

M33: Triangulum Galaxy

Object Type: Spiral Galaxy
Difficulty: 3

A large spiral galaxy fills the image. Its bright, yellow core is near the upper left, surrounded by big spiral arms laced through with dark dust and purple and pink regions of star formation.

M74: Phantom Galaxy

Object Type: Spiral Galaxy
Difficulty: 3

Hubble image of messier 110. A soft light on the right side of the image shrouded by dust and gas.

M110

Object Type: Elliptical Galaxy
Difficulty: 3

Southern Hemisphere Objects

These night sky objects are visible to viewers in the Southern Hemisphere.

This sweeping bird's-eye view of a portion of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) shows stars, lanes of dark dust and bright core. The central region is on the left.

M31: Great Andromeda Galaxy

Object Type: Spiral Galaxy
Difficulty: 1

thousands of stars can be seen in the corner of a galaxy that is void of gas and dust.

M32

Object Type: Elliptical Galaxy
Difficulty: 2

Thin line of stars and dust and gas, the side view of a galaxy. This galaxy is diagonal across the image, with the blackness of space behind it.

C23: Silver Sliver Galaxy

Object Type: Spiral Galaxy
Difficulty: 2

Near the center of the image is a bright orange star, and in the upper left, are two reddish-pink stars near each other. The entire image is filled by a turquoise, cloud-like "bubble".

C56: Skull Nebula

Object Type: Planetary Nebula
Difficulty: 2

In this wide-field image, the center of the galaxy is on the left, surrounded by dark clouds of gas, which make several "rings" of spiral arms around the center that extend farther and farther out to the right, filled with white stars in between.

C65: Sculptor Galaxy

Object Type: Spiral Galaxy
Difficulty: 2

A spherical mass of stars fills the scene. Bright-white stars are concentrated at image center. They taper off as you move toward the image's edge. Yellow and blue-white stars dot the region beyond the core.

C104

Object Type: Globular Cluster
Difficulty: 2

A galaxy image with little structure but a clear central region of yellowish stars and an exterior of dust and blue star formation.

M33: Triangulum Galaxy

Object Type: Spiral Galaxy
Difficulty: 3

A large spiral galaxy fills the image. Its bright, yellow core is near the upper left, surrounded by big spiral arms laced through with dark dust and purple and pink regions of star formation.

M74: Phantom Galaxy

Object Type: Spiral Galaxy
Difficulty: 3

Hubble image of messier 110. A soft light on the right side of the image shrouded by dust and gas.

M110

Object Type: Elliptical Galaxy
Difficulty: 3