Deep Sky Tours (FoS)

While our whole-sky tours have come to an end in this course, there are still a handful of intriguing deep-sky objects I wish to show you how to find. These are objects you would have found difficult to find a year ago, but if you have been following most of the tours and searching for at least some of the DSO’s described during the course, you sho...

This month we do something different. In keeping with the tours of the night sky in the “opposite hemispheres”, this month’s review of deep sky objects looks at the ten best sights in the far southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere for observers who live in the opposite hemisphere. The list of sights refers you to notes from earlier in the cour...

This month we have an eclectic mix of galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters in the far northern and southern skies. Southern stargazers also enjoy a look at the magnificent Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby irregular galaxy that is mainstay of the deep-southern skies.
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This month it's galaxies, mostly, with a fine selection of double stars and a few worthy star clusters. Southern observers will also explore one of the nearest galaxies to our own, the Small Magellanic Cloud, an object without equal in the northern skies.
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We look away from the Milky Way this month into the regions of the constellations Pegasus, Aquarius, and Scupltor to see a range of deep-sky sights including galaxies, planetary nebulae, and star clusters.
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