{"id":360,"date":"2016-08-26T20:11:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T19:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2019-06-03T22:45:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T22:45:00","slug":"sky-guide-september-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/26\/sky-guide-september-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Guide September 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4621070\/height\/360\/theme\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/\" height=\"360\" width=\"100%\" placement=\"top\" theme=\"standard\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe><br \/><br \/><br \/><a class=\"libsyn-download-link\" href =\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/awesomeastronomy\/Sept_2016_Sky_Guide_.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>What to look out, and up, for in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our highlights of this month\u2019s skies with the planet on offer to observers and imagers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> Mercury &amp; Venus in the late evening or early morning <\/li><li> Mars &amp; Saturn \u2013 with a nice conjunction with the Moon and star Antares <\/li><li> Neptune &amp; Uranus on offer in Aquarius &amp; Pisces <\/li><li> The largest asteroid, Vesta, will be passing through the constellation Gemini into Cancer this month and asteroid 2 Pallas can still be found in the constellation Equuelus. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up is the meteor showers and, following the magnificent Persieds last month, September has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> The Alpha Aurigids peaking on 1st September <\/li><li> The Epsilon Persieds peaking on 9th September <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we each take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> Ralph \u2013 The Owl Custer in Cassiopeia <\/li><li> Paul \u2013 globular cluster, Messier 2 in Aquarius <\/li><li> Jeni \u2013 The Andromeda Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And we finish this sky guide with September\u2019s moon phases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy hunting and clear skies!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download Episode! 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