All_About_Space_-_Issue_94_2020

The Northern

Hemisphere

Heading into August, there's an impressive array of targets suitable for
observers armed with binoculars, telescopes of any size or of which are just
content with gazing upon the night sky with the unaided eye.
Galaxies and star clusters are abundant, but it’s the nebulae within
constellations such as Cygnus and Lyra that are the objects to look to this
month. The Ring Nebula (M57), the Pelican Nebula, young and dense
planetary nebula NGC 7027, ref lection nebula NGC 6914 and the ‘blinking
planetary’ NGC 6826 are particularly impressive, providing observing and
imaging opportunities for astronomers and astrophotographers alike.

Galaxies, nebulae and star clusters grace the

August skies, offering an exquisite selection for

stargazers and astrophotographers

Using the sky chart

This chart is for use at 22:00 (BST)

mid-month and is set for 52° latitude.

Hold the chart above your

head with the bottom of the

page in front of you.

Face south and notice

that north on the chart

isbehind you.

The constellations on the chart

should now match what you

seeinthesky.

01

02

03

Sirius(-1.4)

-0.5to0.0

0.0to0.5

0.5to1.0

1.0to1.5

1.5to2.0

2.0to2.5

2.5to3.0

3.0to3.5

3.5to4.0

4.0to4.5

Fa in te r

Variablestar

Magnitudes

O-B

A

F

G

K

M

Openstarclusters

Globularstarclusters

Brightdiffusenebulae

Planetarynebulae

Deep-sky objects

Galaxies

Observer’snote:

Thenightskyasitappears

on 17 August 2019 at

approximately22:00(BST).

NE

EA

ST

SE

M31

M33

Double

M34 Cluster

Pleiades

Saturn

Nebula

M15

M39

M2

NebulaHelix

ECLIPTIC

ANDROMEDA

AQUARIU

S

ARIE

S

AURI

AG

S DALI

CAPRI

CORNU

S

AC

SS

IOPEIA

EPHEUC

S

CETU

S

DELPHIN

EQUULEU

S

LA

C

ERTA

MICRO

SCOPIUM

PE

G

AS

US

PER

EUS

S

PI

SC

SE

PISC

AUSTRINUIS

S

TRIAN

ULUMG

apellaC

D

Algol

URANUS

NEPTUNE

Aug

16

Aug

21

Spectral types

STARGAZER