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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. |