1000 Essex Pkwy NW
Rochester
MN 55901
Canceled due to the cloudy weather
Public Sky Observing of the young Moon – 5.3 days after New Moon, planets Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus and later Mars, bright stars, double stars, and more by telescope with guidance members of the Rochester Astronomy Club.
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What to expect at Public Sky Observing – click here.
Astronomy League:
Navigating the mid September Night Sky – PDF
What’s up – PDF
Binocular Messier – Monthly highlights include:
Easy – 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 31, 39, 52, 55, 92, 103.
Medium – 14, 19, 28, 30, 33, 40, 62, 63, 80, 81, 82, 94.
Hard – 9, 26, 32, 51, 54, 56, 71, 75, 101, 106.
Big Binoculars –69, 70, 72, 102, 107, 109, 110.
Caldwell list
Double Star Observing Program List – PDF
Carbon Star Observing Program List – PDF
ISS
30 Sep -3.9 20:30:39 10° WNW 20:34:01 81° NNE 20:34:16 73° E visible
Moon on Friday September 30 evening
Credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
moon-phase-calendar-2022
Moon first quarter Fridays: 1/7, 2/4, 3/11, 4/8, 5/6, 6/3, 7/8, 8/5, 9/2, 9/30, 11/4, 12/2.
In the Sky September/2022, Phases of the Moon 2022, Holidays 2022
Sun and Moon data
| Object | Mag | Distance | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | |||
| Vega | 0 | 25 ly | α Lyrae, brightest start on the Northern sky |
| Altair | 0.8 | 16.7 ly | α Aquilae, southern part of the Summer Triangle |
| Deneb | 1.25 | 2615 ly | α Cygni, blue-white supergiant, Abs.mag −8.38 at 10pc |
| Double Stars – list PDF | |||
| Mizar | 2.2 | 83 ly | ζ Ursae Majoris (quadruple star) forms a naked eye double star with Alcor 4mag, 12′ apart |
| Albireo | 3 | 430 ly | β Cygni, A (amber, 3.1m), and B (blue-green, 5.1m) are separated by 35″ |
| Cor Caroli | 2.9 | 100 ly | α CVn, Alpha Canum Venaticorum, 12:56.0 +38°19′ 2.9, 5.5 19.5″ 230° |
| Carbon Stars – list PDF | |||
| U Hya | 4.5 | 680 ly | 10 37 33 -13 23 04 4.5-6.2 450 Hya C6.5(N2) SAO 156110 HIP 52009 HD 92055 |
| V Aql | 6.6 | 1300 ly | 19 04 24 -05 41 05 6.6-8.4 353 Aql C5-C6(N6) SAO 142985 HIP 93666 HD 177336 |
| U Cam | 6.9 | 530 ly | 03 41 48 +62 38 54 6.9-7.6 ? Cam C3-C6(N5) SAO 12870 HIP 17257 HD 22611 |
| Planetary Nebulae | |||
| Dumbbell Nebula | 7.4 | 1360 ly | Apple Core Nebula, Messier 27, and NGC 6853, 8.0′ × 5.6′ |
| Ring Nebula | 8.8 | 2567 ly | M57 and NGC 6720, 230″ × 230″ |
| Saturn Nebula | 8.0 | 5200 ly | NGC 7009 or Caldwell 55, discovered by William Herschel on September 7, 1782; 41″ × 35″ |
| Open Clusters | |||
| Wild Duck Cluster | 5.8 | 6120 ly | Messier 11, or NGC 6705 one of the richest and most compact of the known open clusters; 22.8′ |
| Eagle Nebula | 6.4 | 5700 ly | M16 | NGC 6611 | Star Queen Nebula, Pillars of Creation: HST; 70×50′ – difusse nebula and open cluster |
| Messier 103 | 7.4 | 10 000 ly | NGC 581, few hundred mainly very faint stars, 6′ |
| Globular Clusters | |||
| M 13 | 5.8 | 22 200 ly | NGC 6205 | Great Globular Cluster in Hercules ; 20′ |
| M 92 | 6.4 | 26 700 ly | NGC 6341 | in Hercules ; 14′ |
| M 2 | 6.5 | 55 000 ly | NGC 7089 | in Aquila ; 16′ |
| Galaxies | |||
| M 31 | 3.4 | 2.4 Mly | Andromeda Galaxy | NGC 205 |
| M 81 | 6.9 | 12 Mly | NGC 3031 | Bode’s Galaxy, next to irregular M82 | Ursa Major; 26.9 × 14.1′ |
| M 51 | 8.4 | 31 Mly | Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici | NGC 5194; 11′.2 × 6′.9[ |
| Month | Day | DoW | Sunset | Start | End | ☽ age | Planets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 07 | Fri | 16:49 | 6 | 7:30 | 5.8 | ☿,♀,♄,♃,♆,⛢ |
| Feb | 04 | Fri | 17:25 | 6:30 | 8 | 4.1 | ♃,♆,⛢ |
| Mar | 11 | Fri | 18:11 | 7 | 8:30 | 8.8 | ⛢ |
| Apr | 08 | Fri | 19:46 | 8:30 | 10:00 | 7.2 | ⛢ |
| Apr | 30 | Sat | 20:12 | 9:00 | 11:00 | 0.3 | ☿ |
| May | 06 | Fri | 20:19 | 9 | 11 | 5.7 | ☿ A.Day:5/7 |
| May | 28 | Sat | 20:43 | 9:30 | 11:30 | 28.3 | |
| Jun | 03 | Fri | 20:48 | 9:30 | 11:30 | 4.2 | |
| Jul | 02 | Sat | 20:56 | 9:45 | 11:45 | 3.7 | |
| Jul | 08 | Fri | 20:54 | 9:45 | 11:45 | 9.5 | ♄ |
| Jul | 30 | Sat | 20:36 | 9 | 11 | 2.2 | ☿,♄ |
| Aug | 05 | Fri | 20:29 | 9 | 11 | 8.1 | ♄ |
| Aug | 27 | Sat | 19:54 | 8:30 | 10:30 | 0.8 | ♄,♆,♃ |
| Sep | 02 | Fri | 19:44 | 8:30 | 10:30 | 6.7 | ☿,♄,♆,♃ |
| Sep | 24 | Sat | 19:04 | 8 | 10 | 28.8 | ♄,♆,♃ |
| Sep | 30 | Fri | 18:53 | 7:30 | 9:30 | 5.3 | ♄,♆,♃,⛢ A.Day:10/1 |
| Nov | 04 | Fri | 17:56 | 6:30 | 8 | 11.4 | ♄,♆,♃,⛢ |
| Dec | 02 | Fri | 16:33 | 6 | 7:30 | 10.0 | ☿,♀,♄,♆,♃,⛢,♂-opo12/8 |
Day upper index4 means 4 weeks gap instead of regular 3 weeks.
☿ – Mercury, ♀ – Venus, ♂ – Mars, ♃ – Jupiter, ♄ – Saturn, ⛢ – Uranus, ♆ – Neptune
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