EVSCOPE Telescope Tools

The new eVscope is a smart telescope which includes an electronic eyepiece with a OLED, a SONY CMOS low noise sensor and smart software to calibrate the telescope without polar alignment or any of the immense hassles created by other rigs.

EVSCOPE TOOLS
Messier, Supernova, Stars

I've developed some reference tools for getting the most out of the smart eVscope. First up is the main Messier list of all 110 objects. You might want to know when the objects are visible so refer to the list by constellation. For choosing specific types of objects like all galaxies, refer to Messier Objects by type. When dealing with light pollution it's important to know the object brightness - check out the Messier List by Magnitude. For hunting Supernovae, see the List of Supernova, and for calibrating on the brightest stars - a List of Bright Stars is useful.

ON THE MESSIER LISTS by constellation and type, click on the M-number and it will take you to a page with a photo and tons of info.

Main Messier List
https://otisastro.blogspot.com/2020/08/messier-object-list.html

Messier List by Constellation
https://otisastro.blogspot.com/2020/08/messier-objects-by-constellation.html

Messier Objects by Type
https://otisastro.blogspot.com/2020/08/messier-objects-by-type.html

Messier List by Magnitude
https://otisastro.blogspot.com/2020/08/messier-objects-by-magnitude.html

List of Supernova
https://otisastro.blogspot.com/2020/08/find-supernova.html

List of Bright Stars
https://otisastro.blogspot.com/2020/08/bright-stars.html

Bright Stars

List of Bright Stars (for focus) to 1.25 magnitude
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brightest_stars

Use these brightest stars that can poke through light pollution when using the Bahtinov mask for focus. Red denotes northern constellations and blue is for southern.

1 −26.74 Sun 0.000015813 G2 V
2 −1.46 Sirius α Canis Major 8.6 A0mA1 Va, DA2
3 −0.74 Canopus α Carina 310 A9 II
4 −0.27 (0.01 + 1.33) Rigil Kentaurus & Toliman α Centaurus 4.4 G2 V, K1 V
5 −0.05 Arcturus α Bootes 37 K0 III
6 0.03 (−0.02–0.07var) Vega α Lyra 25 A0 Va
7 0.08 (0.03–0.16var) Capella α Auriga 43 K0 III, G1 III
8 0.13 (0.05–0.18var) Rigel β Orion 860 B8 Ia
9 0.34 Procyon α Canis Minor 11 F5 IV-V
10 0.46 (0.40–0.46var) Achernar α Eridanus 139 B6 Vep
11 0.50 (0.2–1.2var) Betelgeuse α Orion 700 M1-M2 Ia-ab
12 0.61 Hadar β Centaurus 390 B1 III
13 0.76 Altair α Aquila 17 A7 V
14 0.76 (1.33 + 1.73) Acrux α Crux 320 B0.5 IV, B1 V
15 0.86 (0.75–0.95var) Aldebaran α Taurus 65 K5 III
16 0.96 (0.6–1.6var) Antares α Scorpio 550 M1.5 Iab-Ib, B2.5 V
17 0.97 (0.97–1.04var) Spica α Virgo 250 B1 III-IV, B2 V
18 1.14 Pollux β Gemini 34 K0 III
19 1.16 Fomalhaut α Piscis Austrinus 25 A3 V
20 1.25 (1.21–1.29var) Deneb α Cygnus 2,615 A2 Ia