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!