Sky Guide September 2016
From AWESOME ASTRONOMY · 11:34
Show by Paul & Dr Jeni
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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