Top Ten Brightest Messier Objects
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Top Ten Brightest Messier Objects from 1.6 to 5.1 magnitude

NGC Con ra dec B D Name
M45 0000 Tau 03 47.0 +24 07 1.6 110.0 Pleiades Open Cluster
M31 224 And 00 42.7 +41 16 3.4 178x63 Andromeda Spiral Galaxy
M44 2632 Cnc 08 40.1 +19 59 3.7 95.0 Beehive Open Cluster
M42 1976 Ori 05 35.4 -05 27 4.0 85x60 Orion Nebula
M7 6475 Sco 17 53.9 -34 49 4.1 80.0 Ptolomy Open Cluster
M6 6405 Sco 17 40.1 -32 13 4.2 25.0 Butterfly open Cluster
M24 6603 Sgr 18 16.9 -18 29 4.6 90 Sagit Star Cloud Milky Way Patch
M41 2287 CMa 06 46.0 -20 44 4.6 38.0 Open Cluster
M39 7092 Cyg 21 32.2 +48 26 4.6 32.0 Open Cluster
M22 6656 Sgr 18 36.4 -23 54 5.1 24.0 Globular Sagittarius Cluster

ra = right ascension in hours minutes.decimal seconds
dec = declination in degrees minutes
B = apparent visual magnitude
D = apparent (angular) dimension in arc minutes

One person's personal view of Messier objects rating in terms of relative ease of observing. Note, your results may vary based on Earth position, equipment and local conditions.

Longer list of bright objects

by magnitude from .4 to 7.2

The list may include: Herschell 400 objects, Messier objects, Caldwell objects, SAC's best of NGC objects, Orion's Deep Map 600 objects, various objects of interest selected by author (around 100) Source

The Melotte Catalog
https://in-the-sky.org/data/catalogue.php?cat=Melotte&const=1&sort=0&view=0&page=2

https://in-the-sky.org/data/data.php