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.