Sky Guide September 2016

Sky Guide September 2016

What to look out, and up, for in September.

Our highlights of this month's skies with the planet on offer to observers and imagers:

  • Mercury & Venus in the late evening or early morning
  • Mars & Saturn – with a nice conjunction with the Moon and star Antares
  • Neptune & Uranus on offer in Aquarius & Pisces
  • The largest asteroid, Vesta, will be passing through the constellation Gemini into Cancer this month and asteroid 2 Pallas can still be found in the constellation Equuelus.

Next up is the meteor showers and, following the magnificent Persieds last month, September has:

  • The Alpha Aurigids peaking on 1st September
  • The Epsilon Persieds peaking on 9th September

Then we each take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year:

  • Ralph – The Owl Custer in Cassiopeia
  • Paul – globular cluster, Messier 2 in Aquarius
  • Jeni – The Andromeda Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda

And we finish this sky guide with September's moon phases.

Happy hunting and clear skies!

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