From CJ@954:100/61 to All on Thursday, August 21, 2025 05:35:55
Friday August 22, 2025
Milky Way Star Clusters (all night)
The moon's absence from the evening sky this week will allow us to explore the countless knots and clumps of stars distributed along the Milky Way, many of which were included in Charles Messier's list of bright deep sky objects.
Start by sweeping the southern sky with binoculars first, and then take closer looks at your discoveries through a backyard telescope at low magnification. Particularly good clusters include Messier 39 and the Cooling Tower Cluster (Messier 29) in Cygnus, the Wild Duck cluster (Messier 11) and Messier 26 in Scutum, the Sagittarius Star Cloud (Messier 24), and Ptolemy's Cluster
(Messier 7) and the Butterfly Cluster (Messier 6) in Scorpius.
(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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