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Excuse Me While I Kiss the Sky -- Month of November 2024

Posted by Guy Pirro   11/04/2024 09:30PM

Excuse Me While I Kiss the Sky -- Month of November 2024

Beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 74 (also known as NGC 628) lies some 32 million light-years away toward the constellation Pisces. An island universe of about 100 billion stars with two prominent spiral arms, M74 has long been admired by astronomers as a perfect example of a grand-design spiral galaxy. [Video and Content Credits: NASA, the Office of Public Outreach – Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and JPL Caltech: Preston Dyches, Christopher Harris, and Lisa Poje, with subject matter guidance provided by JPL’s Bill Dunford and Lyle Tavernier, and the Night Sky Network’s Kat Troche] [Image Credit: Peter Villadsen, Astromart Gallery Contributor – see some of his beautiful work at https://www.astromart.com/gallery/user/1427 Camera: SBIG ST-2000XM, Telescope: Celestron C9.25, Mount: Astro-Physics AP900 GTO, Total Exposure: 2 hours, 30 minutes]

 


Excuse Me While I Kiss the Sky -- Month of November 2024

Welcome to the night sky report for November 2024 -- Your guide to the constellations, deep sky objects, planets, and celestial events that are observable during the month. This month, hunt for the fainter constellations of fall, including Pisces, Aries, and Triangulum. They will guide you to several galaxies, including the spiral galaxies M74 (NGC 628, the Phantom Galaxy) and M33 (NGC 598, the Triangulum Galaxy). Venus, Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter can be observed during the month. The night sky is truly a celestial showcase. Get outside and explore its wonders from your own backyard.

Saturn is visible toward the south for most of the night. For observers in the Americas, it has a close meet-up with the Moon on November 10th when the pair will appear less than a degree apart just after dark, making for a great sight through binoculars. Check the sky again around midnight, and you'll see the Moon has visibly shifted a couple of degrees west of Saturn, showing evidence of the Moon's orbital motion in just a few hours.

Jupiter is rising in the east early in the night, together with the bright stars of the constellations Taurus and Orion, and working its way across the sky by dawn. By the end of November, it's rising just as the sky is getting dark. Mars follows behind Jupiter, rising about three hours after the giant planet.

As in October, early risers will find the Red Planet high overhead in the morning sky before dawn. In the evening sky, Venus is low in the southwest following sunset throughout the month of November. It is blazing bright and unmistakable if you find a relatively unobstructed view. Venus appears much higher in the sky for those in the Southern Hemisphere, who'll also be able to easily observe Mercury after sunset this month. And on November 4th, a slim crescent Moon will appear just below Venus for a beautiful pairing as the glow of sunset fades.

Staying with Venus, one of NASA's intrepid Solar System explorers is headed for a close encounter with this Earth-sized hothouse of a planet on November 6th. Parker Solar Probe studies our planet's nearest star, the Sun. Its mission is to trace the flow of energy that heats the Sun's outer atmosphere and accelerates the million-mile-per-hour stream of particles it emits. It makes its measurements from super close to the Sun, within the region where all the action happens. To do this, the spacecraft is designed to fly within just 4 million miles of the Sun's surface, which is 10 times closer than the orbit of the closest planet, Mercury. No other spacecraft has ever gotten this close to the Sun before. In the six years since its launch, the spacecraft has made a bunch of approaches to the Sun, using flybys of the planet Venus to shape its orbit. The November 6th flyby is the final such maneuver, intended to send the spacecraft toward its three closest-ever solar approaches, starting on December 24th. During this last Venus flyby, the mission will capture images of the planet. Previous views returned by Parker showed that the spacecraft could actually see features of the Venusian surface through its dense cloud cover. So look out for Venus in the evening sky, as the brilliant planet helps a craft from Earth to touch the face of the Sun.

In the couple of hours before sunrise on November 27th, skywatchers in the eastern half of the US and Canada will have the chance to witness an occultation – an event where the Moon passes in front of, and temporarily hides, a bright star – in this case Spica. Observers in other parts of the world will see the Moon pass extremely close to Spica, but won't see it cover up the star. This occultation is one of a series that began in June and will continue monthly through late next year. These happen as the Moon's orbit slowly shifts northward and southward across the sky, and every so often, its path crosses in front of Spica monthly for a time. But each occultation is only visible from a small portion of Earth. For example, while this November event favors North American viewers, South American observers will get their chance next April. For US skywatchers, this November occultation is the last good opportunity in this series to see the Moon occult Spica until 2032, when a new series of monthly occultations will begin for locations across the globe.

The Moon also passes in front of three other bright stars from time to time. This means that no matter where you're located, you'll have the opportunity before too long to witness the impressive sight of a bright star briefly disappearing behind the Moon.

 

All month long, if you're up late and cast your gaze toward the east, you'll notice some familiar companions have begun rising late in the night. The familiar stars of Northern winter skies are returning, rising late at night and sitting high in the south by dawn. 

You'll find the Pleiades star cluster leading the constellations Taurus the bull and the hunter Orion, followed by the brightest star in the sky, Sirius – all of them back to keep us company on the long winter nights here in the Northern Hemisphere. (And for those in the Southern Hemisphere, they're keeping you company on shorter nights as spring gives way to summer there).

The Pleiades is what's known as an open star cluster – it's a loosely bound grouping of a couple thousand stars that formed together and are slowly drifting apart over time. A handful of the brightest stars in the cluster are visible with the unaided eye and with binoculars or a telescope you can see hundreds. Astronomers estimate the age of the cluster is only about 100 million years. It's located a bit more than 400 light years away. The brightest stars in the Pleiades are many times brighter than our own star, the Sun. In fact, if you were to visit the Pleiades and look homeward, you wouldn't even be able to see the Sun without a small telescope. On cool November evenings, look for the Pleiades in the east in the couple of hours after dark. The cluster rises to its highest point around midnight.

The dark, cold nights of November also make for good hunting for the fainter constellations of fall. Pegasus flies high in the southeast after nightfall and is a good guidepost for some of autumn’s dimmer patterns. Look south and east of the Great Square of Pegasus for Pisces, the fish. In Greek legend, the two fish, tied together with a rope, represent Aphrodite and Eros, who transformed themselves to escape a monster. The sprawling star pattern includes the Circlet, marking the western fish.

Located below the pattern of the eastern fish is the spiral galaxy M74. M74 is known as a grand design spiral and has two prominent bluish spiral arms wound neatly around the redder galactic nucleus. The nucleus appears redder because there is little new star formation there and many of the hot blue stars have evolved to become red giant stars or have exhausted their fuel altogether. NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope provides a dramatic view of the infrared light of the galaxy. The pink hues depict dust lanes that punctuate the spiral arms, showing dense cloud regions where new stars can form.

To the east of the Great Square and Pisces lies the small constellation of Aries the ram. The third-brightest star in the pattern, named Mesarthim, is a lovely pair of white stars, easy to distinguish in a small telescope.

 

Above Aries is the constellation of Triangulum. The constellation contains the third-largest galaxy of our Local Group, after the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies: M33, the Triangulum Galaxy. This galaxy, which is relatively large and diffuse from our perspective, can be spotted with binoculars. NASA’s space telescopes have imaged M33’s spiral features in great detail. Spitzer’s infrared view shows the distribution of dust in its ragged spiral arms. An ultraviolet image from NASA’s GALEX mission shows emissions from hot stars in its disk. Look for the bright blue and white areas in the images to see where star formation has been extremely active over the past few million years. Patches of yellow and gold are regions where star formation was more active 100 million years ago

You might want to check out the regular dimming and brightening of Algol (the Demon Star). Found in the constellation Perseus, Algol is actually two stars orbiting each other, and they're oriented nearly edge-on such that from our perspective, the smaller star regularly passes in front of the larger, brighter one, causing it to dim for about 10 hours at a time. This happens like clockwork, every 2 days, 20 hours, 49 minutes. You can find tables of these "minima," as they're called, in lots of astronomy magazines and websites.

To observe Algol's eclipses, find the date and time of a predicted minimum and start observing maybe an hour or two before that time. Take a look about every half hour (binoculars are really useful for this). Over a few hours following the minimum, Algol will slowly brighten back to its normal state. At its normal brightness, Algol appears about as bright as the nearby star Almach, while at its minimum, it dims to around the brightness of its neighbor Gorgonea Tertia. So these two stars provide a helpful way to compare Algol's brightness throughout the night as you observe.

The night sky is always a celestial showcase. Get outside and explore its wonders from your own backyard.

The following Deep Sky Objects (DSOs) are found in constellations that are observable during the month. Some of the objects listed here can be viewed with binoculars or a small telescope, but the majority will require a moderate to large aperture telescope (7 inches to 12 inches in diameter) with appropriate filters and a dark sky, especially for many of the nebulae. The following is adapted from my personal viewing list: "The Guy Pirro 888 Best and Brightest Deep Sky Objects in the Northern Skies." All the objects in this list can be viewed from the northern hemisphere up to around the mid-Northern Latitudes (40 degrees N).

 

Constellation: Andromeda (AND)

IC 239                          Galaxy                         P27

NGC 205                      Galaxy                         M110, Herschel 400 H18-5 Satellite of Andromeda

NGC 221                      Galaxy                         M32 Satellite of Andromeda

NGC 224                      Galaxy                         M31 Andromeda Galaxy

NGC 404                      Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H224-2 Not Found 404 Galaxy

NGC 752                      Open Cluster               C28, Herschel 400 H32-7

NGC 891                      Galaxy                         C23, Herschel 400 H19-5 Outer Limits Galaxy

NGC 956                      Asterism                      P123

NGC 7640                    Galaxy                         P218

NGC 7662                    Planetary Nebula        C22, Herschel 400 H18-4 Blue Snowball Nebula

NGC 7686                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H69-8

 

Constellation: Aries (ARI)

NGC 772                      Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H112-1 Fiddlehead Galaxy

NGC 821                      Galaxy                         P234, partially obscured by Star SAO 92805

 

Constellation: Auriga (AUR)

IC 405                          Emission/Reflect Neb C31 Flaming Star Nebula

IC 410                          Emission Nebula         P277 Tadpole Nebula

IC 417                          HII Ionized Nebula       P314 Spider Nebula

IC 2149                        Planetary Nebula        P126

NGC 1664                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H59-8

NGC 1778                    Open Cluster               P68

NGC 1798                    Open Cluster                           P253

NGC 1857                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H33-7

NGC 1883                    Open Cluster               P211

NGC 1893                    Open Cluster               P69, embedded in IC410 Tadpole Nebula

NGC 1907                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H39-7

NGC 1912                    Open Cluster               M38 Starfish Cluster

NGC 1931                    Emission/Reflect Neb Herschel 400 H261-1 Fly Nebula

NGC 1960                    Open Cluster               M36 Pinwheel Cluster

NGC 2099                    Open Cluster               M37 Salt and Pepper Cluster

NGC 2126                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H68-8

NGC 2192                    Open Cluster               P212

NGC 2281                    Open Cluster                           Herschel 400 H71-8 Broken Heart Cluster

 

Constellation: Camelopardalis (CAM)

IC 342                          Galaxy                         C5 Hidden Galaxy

IC 356                          Galaxy                         P127

IC 361                          Open Cluster               P213

IC 3568                        Planetary Nebula        P128 Lemon Slice Nebula

NGC 1501                    Planetary Nebula        Herschel 400 H53-4 Camel’s Eye Nebula

NGC 1502                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H47-7, endpoint of Kemble’s Cascade

NGC 1569                    Galaxy                         P136

NGC 1961                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H747-3

NGC 2146                    Galaxy                         P130 Dusty Hand Galaxy

NGC 2336                    Galaxy                         P70

NGC 2403                    Galaxy                         C7, Herschel 400 H44-5

NGC 2655                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H288-1

NGC 2715                    Galaxy                         P265

 

Constellation: Cassiopeia (CAS)

IC 10                            Galaxy                         P77

IC 59                           Emission/Reflect Neb P21 Gamma Cassiopeiae Nebula (West)

IC 63                            Emission/Reflect Neb P22 Gamma Cassiopeiae Nebula (East)

IC 166                          Open Cluster               P217

IC 289                          Planetary Nebula        P290

IC 1590                        Open Cluster               P144, included in NGC 281 Pacman Nebula

IC 1747                        Planetary Nebula        P146

IC 1795                        HII Ionized Nebula       P122 Fish Head Nebula, partially overlaps NGC 896

IC 1805                        Emission Nebula         P2 Heart Nebula, includes Open Cluster Melotte 15

IC 1848                        Emission Nebula         P3 Soul Nebula, Westerhout 5

NGC 103                      Open Cluster               P137

NGC 110                      Open Cluster               P250

NGC 129                      Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H79-8

NGC 133                      Open Cluster               P138

NGC 136                      Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H35-6

NGC 146                      Open Cluster               P204

NGC 147                      Galaxy                         C17 Satellite of Andromeda

NGC 185                      Galaxy                         C18, Herschel 400 H707-2 Satellite of Andromeda

NGC 189                      Open Cluster               P5

NGC 225                      Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H78-8 Sailboat Cluster

NGC 278                      Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H159-1

NGC 281                      HII Ionized Nebula       P4 Pacman Nebula

NGC 366                      Open Cluster               P220

NGC 381                      Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H64-8

NGC 436                      Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H45-7

NGC 457                      Open Cluster               C13, Herschel 400 H42-1 Dragonfly Cluster

NGC 559                      Open Cluster               C8, Herschel 400 H48-7

NGC 581                      Open Cluster               M103

NGC 609                      Open Cluster               P219

NGC 637                      Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H49-7

NGC 654                      Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H46-7

NGC 659                      Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H65-8

NGC 663                      Open Cluster               C10, Herschel 400 H31-6

NGC 1027                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H66-8, overlaps part of Heart Nebula

NGC 7635                    HII Ionized Nebula       C11 Bubble Nebula

NGC 7654                    Open Cluster               M52 Scorpion Cluster

NGC 7788                    Open Cluster               P139

NGC 7789                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H30-6 White Rose Cluster

NGC 7790                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H56-7

 

Constellation: Cepheus (CEP)

Caldwell 9                   HII Ionized Nebula       C9 Cave Nebula, Sharpless 155

IC 1396                        Emission Nebula         P6 Elephant’s Trunk Nebula

IC 1470                        HII Ionized Nebula       P192

NGC 40                        Planetary Nebula        C2, Herschel 400 H58-4 Bow Tie Nebula

NGC 188                      Open Cluster               C1 Polarissima Cluster

NGC 2300                    Galaxy                         P160

NGC 6939                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H42-6

NGC 6951                    Galaxy                         P267

NGC 7023                    Reflection Nebula       C4 Iris Nebula

NGC 7129                    Reflection Nebula       P58

NGC 7142                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H66-7

NGC 7160                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H67-8

NGC 7226                    Open Cluster               P140

NGC 7235                    Open Cluster               P7

NGC 7261                    Open Cluster               P8

NGC 7354                    Planetary Nebula        P257

NGC 7380                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H77-8, inside the Wizard Nebula

NGC 7510                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H44-7

NGC 7538                    Emission Nebula         P94

NGC 7762                    Open Cluster               P141

NGC 7822                    HII Ionized Nebula       P33

 

Constellation: Cetus (CET)

IC 1613                        Galaxy                         C51

NGC 45                        Galaxy                         P225

NGC 157                      Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H3-2

NGC 210                      Galaxy                         P251

NGC 246                      Planetary Nebula        C56, Herschel 400 H25-5 Skull Nebula

NGC 247                      Galaxy                         C62, Herschel 400 H20-5 Claw Galaxy

NGC 578                      Galaxy                         P221

NGC 584                      Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H100-1

NGC 596                      Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H4-2

NGC 615                      Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H282-2

NGC 720                      Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H105-1

NGC 779                      Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H101-1

NGC 864                      Galaxy                         P124

NGC 908                      Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H153-1

NGC 936                      Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H23-4

NGC 988                      Galaxy                         P324, partially obscured by Star SAO 129994

NGC 1022                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H102-1

NGC 1042                    Galaxy                         P148

NGC 1052                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H63-1

NGC 1055                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H1-1

NGC 1068                    Galaxy                         M77 Squid Galaxy

NGC 1073                    Galaxy                         P205

NGC 1087                    Galaxy                         P227 Saint Nikola’s Prayer Galaxy

 

Constellation: Eridanus (ERI)

IC 2118                        Reflection Nebula       P112 Witch Head Nebula

NGC 1084                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H64-1

NGC 1187                    Galaxy                         P293

NGC 1232                    Galaxy                         P28 Eye of God Galaxy

NGC 1300                    Galaxy                         P81

NGC 1332                    Galaxy                         P82

NGC 1395                    Galaxy                         P228

NGC 1400                    Galaxy                         P367

NGC 1407                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H107-1

NGC 1535                    Planetary Nebula        Herschel 400 H26-4 Cleopatra’s Eye Nebula

NGC 1600                    Galaxy                         P299

NGC 1637                    Galaxy                         P286

NGC 1700                    Galaxy                         P305

 

Constellation: Fornax (FOR)

NGC 1097                    Galaxy                         C67

NGC 1201                    Galaxy                         P153

NGC 1255                    Galaxy                         P178

NGC 1302                    Galaxy                         P154

NGC 1360                    Planetary Nebula        P84 Robin’s Egg Nebula

NGC 1367                    Galaxy                         P85

NGC 1385                    Galaxy                         P300

NGC 1398                    Galaxy                         P32

NGC 1425                    Galaxy                         P86

 

Constellation: Gemini (GEM)

IC 443                                      Supernova Remnant   P249 Jellyfish Nebula

IC 444                          Reflection Nebula       P306

IC 2157                        Open Cluster               P156

NGC 2129                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H26-8

NGC 2158                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H17-6

NGC 2168                    Open Cluster               M35 Shoe Buckle Cluster

NGC 2266                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H21-6

NGC 2304                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H2-6

NGC 2331                    Open Cluster               P157

NGC 2355                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H6-6

NGC 2371                    Planetary Nebula        Herschel 400 H316-2 Double Bubble Nebula (South)

NGC 2372                    Planetary Nebula        Herschel 400 H317-2 Double Bubble Nebula (North)

NGC 2392                    Planetary Nebula        C39, Herschel 400 H45-4 Eskimo Nebula

NGC 2395                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H11-8

NGC 2420                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H1-6

 

Constellation: Orion (ORI)

IC 431                          Reflection Nebula       P361

IC 432                          Reflection Nebula       P362

IC 434                          HII Ionized/Dark Neb  P92, includes Barnard 33 Horsehead Nebula

IC 435                          Reflection Nebula       P368

IC 2162                        Emission Nebula         P358

NGC 1662                    Open Cluster               P39

NGC 1788                    Reflection Nebula       Herschel 400 H32-5

NGC 1976                    HII Ionized Nebula       M42 Great Orion Nebula, includes Trapezium Cluster

NGC 1977                    Reflection Nebula      P40 Running Man Nebula, includes NGC 1975

NGC 1980                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H31-5 Lost Jewel of Orion Cluster

NGC 1981                    Open Cluster               P41

NGC 1982                    HII Ionized Nebula       M43 DeMairan Nebula

NGC 1999                    Reflection/Dark Neb   Herschel 400 H33-4 Cosmic Keyhole Nebula

NGC 2022                    Planetary Nebula        Herschel 400 H34-4

NGC 2023                    Emission/Reflect Neb P93

NGC 2024                    Emission Nebula         Herschel 400 H28-5 Flame Nebula

NGC 2064                    Reflection Nebula       P356

NGC 2067                    Reflection Nebula       P357

NGC 2068                    Reflection Nebula       M78

NGC 2071                    Reflection Nebula       P42

NGC 2112                    Open Cluster               P170

NGC 2141                    Open Cluster               P171

NGC 2169                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H24-8 The 37 Cluster

NGC 2174                    HII Ionized Nebula       P43 Monkey Head Nebula

NGC 2175                    Open Cluster               P369, overlaps NGC 2174 Monkey Head Nebula

NGC 2180                    Open Cluster               P321

NGC 2186                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H25-7

NGC 2194                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H5-6

 

Constellation: Perseus (PER)

IC 348                          Open Cluster               P95

IC 351                          Planetary Nebula        P351

IC 2003                        Planetary Nebula        P237

IC 2067                        Reflection Nebula       P326

NGC 650/NGC 651      Planetary Nebula        M76, Herschel 400 H193-1 Little Dumbell Nebula

NGC 744                      Open Cluster               P96

NGC 869                      Open Cluster               C14a, Herschel 400 H33-6 Double Cluster (West)

NGC 884                      Open Cluster               C14b, Herschel 400 H34-6 Double Cluster (East)

NGC 957                      Open Cluster               P97

NGC 1023                    Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H156-1 Perseus Lenticular Galaxy

NGC 1039                    Open Cluster               M34 Spiral Cluster

NGC 1058                    Galaxy                         P107

NGC 1161                    Galaxy                         P261

NGC 1220                    Open Cluster               P238

NGC 1245                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H25-6

NGC 1275                    Galaxy                         C24 Perseus A Seyfert Galaxy

NGC 1333                    Reflection Nebula       P330

NGC 1342                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H88-8 Stingray Cluster

NGC 1444                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H80-8

NGC 1491                    HII Ionized Nebula       P60 Fossil Footprint Nebula

NGC 1496                    Open Cluster               P174

NGC 1499                    Emission Nebula         P44 California Nebula

NGC 1513                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H60-7

NGC 1528                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H61-7

NGC 1545                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H85-8

NGC 1579                    Emission/Reflect Neb P333 Northern Trifid Nebula

NGC 1582                    Open Cluster               P45

NGC 1605                    Open Cluster               P239, pair of Open Clusters (overlapping binary pair)

NGC 1624                    Open Cluster               P240

 

Constellation: Pisces (PSC)

NGC 315                      Galaxy                         P366

NGC 488                      Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H252-3

NGC 524                      Galaxy                         Herschel 400 H151-1

NGC 628                      Galaxy                         M74 Phantom Galaxy

NGC 660                      Galaxy                         P318

NGC 741                      Galaxy                         P260

 

Constellation: Taurus (TAU)

Messier 45                  Open Cluster               M45, Collinder 42, Pleiades, Seven Sisters, Subaru

Caldwell 41                 Open Cluster               C41, Collinder 50, Hyades

IC 349                          Reflection Nebula       P339 Barnard’s Merope Nebula

NGC 1514                    Planetary Nebula        P120 Crystal Ball Nebula

NGC 1554                    Reflection Nebula       P200 Von Struve’s Lost Nebula

NGC 1555                    Reflection Nebula       P201 Hind’s Variable Nebula

NGC 1647                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H8-8

NGC 1746                    Asterism                      P55, includes NGC 1750 and NGC 1758

NGC 1750                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H43-8, overlaps NGC 1746

NGC 1807                    Asterism                      P65

NGC 1817                    Open Cluster               Herschel 400 H4-7

NGC 1952                    Supernova Remnant   M1 Crab Nebula

 

Constellation: Triangulum (TRI)

NGC 598                      Galaxy                         M33, Herschel 400 H17-5 Triangulum Galaxy

NGC 672                      Galaxy                         P114

NGC 890                      Galaxy                         P150

NGC 925                      Galaxy                         P66

 

 

For more information:

Northern Latitudes:

https://hubblesite.org/resource-gallery/tonights-sky

https://science.nasa.gov/skywatching/whats-up

https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/planner.cfm

https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatching/home/

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/explore-the-night-sky/hubble-messier-catalog/

https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/skyreport

http://outreach.as.utexas.edu/public/skywatch.html

https://griffithobservatory.org/explore/observing-the-sky/sky-report/

http://www.beckstromobservatory.com/whats-up-in-tonights-sky-2/

https://www.fairbanksmuseum.org/planetarium/eye-on-the-night-sky

http://dudleyobservatory.org/tonights-sky/

https://cse.umn.edu/mifa/starwatch

http://www.schoolsobservatory.org.uk/learn/astro/nightsky/maps

https://tonightssky.com/MainPage.php

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/night/

https://stardate.org/nightsky

https://www.adventuresci.org/starcharts

https://www.astromart.com/news/search?category_id=3&q=kiss+the+sky&from=&to

 

Equatorial Latitudes:

https://heavens-above.com/SkyChart2.aspx

https://in-the-sky.org/data/constellations_map.php

https://ytliu0.github.io/starCharts/chartGCRS.html

 

Southern Latitudes:

https://www.scitech.org.au/explore/the-sky-tonight/

https://www.stardome.org.nz/star-charts--sky-spotter

 

This is my personal deep sky observing list. I use it to line up my DSO targets on any particular night:

https://www.astromart.com/reviews/advanced/show/my-celestial-jewel-box-the-guy-pirro-888-best-and-brightest-deep-sky-objects-in-the-northern-skies

 

Daily Moon Observing Guide:

https://moon.nasa.gov/moon-observation/daily-moon-guide/?intent=011

 

Find Astronomy Clubs, Events, and Star Parties in Your Area:

https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/

 

Watch Satellites Pass Over Your Location:

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