Sky Guide September 2017

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


Ralph, Paul & Jeni pick their highlights for this month’s
skies; starting with the solar system objects on offer to
observers and imagers:


Saturn and its ring system in the evening

Mercury at greatest western elongation in 12th September

Neptune at opposition on 5th September in Aquarius.



Next up, we take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for
this time of year:


Ralph – The Saturn Nebula in Aquarius

Jeni – The Andromeda Galaxy and its satellites

Paul – NCG 7479 barred spiral Seyfert galaxy



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