Here are some observation planners for 2025

Each plot shows which day of the year the object culminates at around 1200hrs UTC, in Auckland.

Globular Clusters

Open Clusters

Messier Objects

Planetary Nebulae

Long Period Comets

Validation

The plot above for globular clusters shows the day that NGC5986 culminates at 1200hrs UTC in Auckland is a few days before new moon in May. Stellarium confirms this. Here is the output from Stellarium showing the altitude for NGC5986 around midnight on 25 May 2025 is approximately that shown in the plot above. Going 24hrs either side shows this is the maximum altitude for 1200hrs UTC over 2025.

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