September DSO List

Here's my list of extended deep-sky objects for this month. They lie within a 2 hour swath of right ascension from 20 hours to 22 hours.

Fifty deep-sky objects for September: M2, M72, M73, NGC 7009 (Aquarius); M30, NGC 6903, NGC 6907 (Capricornus); B150, B169, B170, IC 1396, NGC 6939, NGC 6946, NGC 6951, NGC 7023, NGC 7142, NGC 7160 (Cepheus); B145, B164, B168, B343, B361, Ba6, Be87, Cr 421, Do9, IC 1369, IC 1516, M29, M39, NGC 6866, NGC 6871, NGC 6888, NGC 6894, NGC 6910, NGC 6960, NGC 6992, NGC 7000, NGC 7008, NGC 7026, NGC 7027, NGC 7063, NGC 7086 (Cygnus); NGC 6891, NGC 6905, NGC 6934, NGC 7006 (Delphinus); NGC 7015 (Equuleus); M15 (Pegasus); NGC 6940 (Vulpecula)

Challenge deep-sky object for September: Abell 78 (Cygnus)

See http://dvaa.org/AData/AD2004_09.html for data on these objects.

Dave Mitsky

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the latest. Now that the fires here are starting to die down, the sky is starting to clear up a bit.

We had "golden" afternoons for a couple of days, when the sunlight was trying to go through the burnt brush and old oak trees smoke. Everything was lit by a ruddy golden color sun. Actually somewhat pretty. The moon was an orange and golden color as well, very spectacular, and most of the stars were carbon stars !

Hopefully back to dark skies !

David Simons

Dave,

This is an excellent public service. Keep it up!

Ed