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Visible planets and night sky guide for September

Visible planets and night sky guide for September 2024. Mercury will pass the star Regulus from September 8 to 10. Look about 40 minutes before sunrise.

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Visible planets and night sky guide for September

Visible planets and night sky guide for September

Meteor shower guide 2024: The Draconids best around Oct 8

What does opposition mean for an outer planet?

Great Square of Pegasus gallops into the autumn sky

Corona Australis is the sparkling Southern Crown

Cassiopeia ascends in September and October

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Astronomy Essentials

Visible planets and night sky guide for September

Saturn at opposition September 8. What to expect

Saturn’s rings: Top tips for seeing those glorious rings

Mercury farthest from the sunrise on September 5

Brightest Stars

Meet Delta Scorpii, aka Dschubba, it’s a variable star

Summer Triangle star: Vega is bright and blue-white

Summer Triangle star Deneb is distant and luminous

Summer Triangle star: Altair is variable and spins fast!

Constellations

Telescopium the Telescope is below the Teapot

Sagitta the Arrow lies inside the Summer Triangle

Delphinus the Dolphin has a graceful kite shape

Serpens the Snake, the only constellation cut in 2

Clusters Nebulae Galaxies

The Andromeda galaxy: All you need to know

The Great Rift is a dark swath in the Milky Way

The Wild Duck Cluster, M11, a lovely open cluster in Scutum

M6 and M7: Open star clusters in the Scorpion’s Tail

Favorite Star Patterns

Teapot of Sagittarius points to Milky Way center

The Northern Cross: Find the backbone of the Milky Way

Coathanger cluster: This star pattern looks like its name

Summer Triangle: Star pattern of the season