Next New Moon

[glenc]

The next new moon is 28th NOVEMBER 2008
The following Deep Sky Objects are visible at 9 pm (10 DST)
Between RA 00 and 02, south of dec +50

Open Clusters
Blanco 1 (90' across and poor), NGC 752

Globular Clusters
NGC 104, NGC 288, NGC 362

Nebulae
NGC 346, also try sweeping the SMC with a UHC or OIII filter

Planetary Nebulae
NGC 246

Galaxies
SMC
M 31-32-110, 33, 74
NGC 55, 253, 300

The faintest objects are N246 and M74.

This will be updated monthly.

[Terry B]

And the current cloudiness will clear for the full moon and return just in time.:mad2:

[cookie8]

Don't forget the conjunction of Jupiter,Venus & the 3 days old moon on 1st Dec. Should be awesome:thumbsup:

[glenc]

Here are some images of November's objects.
Scott (tornado33) took this image of NGC 246. http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=48378&d=1222579906
Bert (avandonk) took this image of NGC 253 and NGC 288. http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=34764&d=1195008071
Bert (avandonk) also took this image of NGCs 371, 346 and 330.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=49567&d=1225579242

[glenc]

The next new moon is 27th DECEMBER 2008
The following Deep Sky Objects are visible at 9 pm (10 DST)
Between RA 02 and 04, south of dec +50

Open Clusters
M 34, M 45
NGC 1342

Globular Clusters
NGC 1261

Nebulae
Merope nebula = NGC 1435 in M45

Planetary Nebulae
NGC 1360

Galaxies
M 77
NGCs 891, 1097, 1269=1291, 1300, 1313, 1316-17, 1365, 1399-1404

This will be updated monthly.

[glenc]

The next new moon is 26th JANUARY 2009
The following Deep Sky Objects are visible at 9 pm (10 DST)
Between RA 04 and 06, south of dec +50

Open Clusters
M 38, 36, 37
NGC 1647, 1746

Globular Clusters
M 79
NGC 1851

Nebulae
M 1, 42-43, 78
NGC 1973-75-77, 1931, 1999, 2023-24, 2070 (try sweeping the LMC with a UHC filter)
IC 410

Planetary Nebulae
NGC 1514, 1535
IC 418

Galaxies
LMC
NGC 1531-32, 1549-53, 1566, 1672, 1792-1808

This will be updated monthly.

[glenc]

The next new moon is 25th February 2009
The following Objects are visible at 9 pm (10 DST)
Between RA 06 and 08, south of dec +50
OC and Neb are common this month; GC and Gxy are in short supply.

Comet Lulin transits at about 1:40 am DST on 25/2 and is 3.5 degrees to the left of Saturn then.

Open Clusters
M 35, 41, 46-47, 93
NGC 2362, 2451-77, 2516

Globular Clusters
NGC 2298

Nebulae
NGC 2174, 2237, 2261, 2359, 2467
IC 2177

Planetary Nebulae
NGC 2392, 2438 in M46, 2440

Galaxies
NGC 2280, 2442

This image of NGC2442 is from wiki.sky http://www.wikisky.org/?ra=7.606282688198229&de=-69.54308872829746&zoom=8&show_grid=1&show_constellation_lines=1&show_constellation_boundaries=1&show_const_names=0&show_galaxies=1&img_source=DSS2

This will be updated monthly.

[glenc]

The next new moon is 27th March 2009
The following Deep Sky Objects are visible at 9 pm (10 DST)
Between RA 08 and 10, south of dec +50
OC are common this month; GC and Neb are in short supply.

Open Clusters
M 44, 48, 67
NGC 2539, 2547

Globular Clusters
NGC 2808

Nebulae
NGC 2626, 2736 (both very faint)

Planetary Nebulae
NGC 2818, 2867, 2899
PK 254+5.1 = M3-6

Galaxies
NGC 2683, 2841, 2903, 2997

This will be updated monthly.

[glenc]

Planetary nebulae are probably the most difficult class of objects to observe because they are small and hard to find at low power. You need to use high power to see them well. A UHF filter is also useful for the larger PN. These PN are visible from my place at 9pm AEDT on 27/3.

Name...........Type.............Mag ..Size..Con
IC 418..... Planetary nebula 10.7, 12.0" Lep
IC 4406 .. Planetary nebula 10.6, 28.0" Lup
NGC 1514 Planetary nebula 10.0, 1.9' Tau
NGC 1535 Planetary nebula 9.6, 18.0" Eri
NGC 2346 Planetary nebula 10.0, 55.0" Mon
NGC 2392 Planetary nebula 9.9, 15.0" Gem
NGC 2438 Planetary nebula 10.1, 1.1' Pup
NGC 2440 Planetary nebula 10.8, 14.0" Pup
NGC 2867 Planetary nebula 10.0, 12.0" Car
NGC 2899 Planetary nebula 10.0, 2.0'x1.0' Vel
NGC 3132 Planetary nebula 8.0, 48.0" Vel
NGC 3195 Planetary nebula 10.0, 48.0"x30.0" Cha
NGC 3242 Planetary nebula 8.6, 16.0" Hya
NGC 3918 Planetary nebula 8.0, 12.0" Cen
NGC 4361 Planetary nebula 10.3, 45.0" Crv
NGC 5189 Planetary nebula 10.3, 2.6' Mus

Refr: SkyMapPro

[glenc]

The next new moon is 25th April 2009
The following Deep Sky Objects are visible at 9 pm
Between RA 10 and 12, south of dec +50

Open Clusters
NGC 3114, 3293, 3532, 3766

Globular Clusters
NGC 3201

Nebulae
NGC 3199, 3324, 3372, 3581
IC 2948

Planetary Nebulae
NGC 3132, 3242, 3918

Galaxies
M 95, 96, 105, 65, 66
NGC 3115, 3521, 3621, 3628

[glenc]

88 Messier objects are visible south of dec +50 on the next new Moon, 24th May.
The attached file lists them. Refr: http://ngc891.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Stars&file=constellation&catalogue=Messier

[StarScream]

Thanks for all the info Glen.