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This article from Astronomy magazine provides a list of large and spectacular celestial objects that can be observed through small telescopes or even with the naked eye. The author created a list of their top 50 objects, considering only deep-sky objects that are at least twice as large as the Full Moon. The list includes objects from all seasons, such as the Barnard's Loop, Rosette Nebula, Virgo Cluster, Coma Star Cluster, zodiacal light, Serpens-Aquila rift, Pipe Nebula, M16, M17, Sharpless 2-54, Eta Persei, Double Cluster, Heart and Soul nebulae, IC 1396, and the Andromeda Galaxy. The article also mentions that the other 38 objects can be explored on Astronomy's website. [Extracted from the article]