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By Ezzy Pearson\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 04 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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What\u2019s in the night sky in the week of 5th to 11th September, 2022.<\/p>\n\n

Chris Bramley <\/strong>Hello and welcome to Star Diary, the podcast from the makers of BBC Sky at Night Magazine. You can subscribe to the print edition of the magazine by visiting skyatnightmagazine.com<\/a> or to our digital edition by visiting iTunes or Google Play.<\/p>\n

Ezzy Pearson <\/strong>Greetings, listeners and welcome to Star Diary, a weekly guide to the best things to see in the Northern Hemisphere\u2019s night sky. In this episode, we\u2019ll be covering the coming week from the fifth to the 11th of September. I\u2019m Ezzy Pearson, the magazine\u2019s features editor and I\u2019m joined on the podcast today by reviews editor Paul Money. Hello, Paul.<\/p>\n

Paul Money <\/strong>Hello Ezzy. Back for another week?<\/p>\n

Ezzy<\/strong>\u00a0Yes. So what are your recommendations for the coming week? Do we have anything spectacular in this week\u2019s night sky?<\/p>\n

Paul <\/strong>Well, we\u2019ve got another good mix, which I say it\u2019s nice when it\u2019s a mixture between the morning and evening sky and we will start with the morning. And last week we ended with Venus<\/a> and Ceres<\/a> in Leo rising around about 4:30 to 5:00. And of course, as you leave it a bit late, the twilight deepens. But Venus does get better placed to observe. And we want to concentrate on Venus this particular time because we have a star, it\u2019s actually quite close on September 5th, the morning round about 5:30 a.m. So you don\u2019t want to leave it too long because obviously the Sun will rise and we always have the the warning, don\u2019t leave it too long to observe, especially if using binoculars. We don\u2019t want you to damage your eyesight with the sun. But if you look about 5:30 a.m. with binoculars at Venus, there\u2019s a star to its lower right. And this is Regulus, this is the heart of the lion. This is Alpha Leonis and they\u2019re only three quarters of a degree apart. So actually this will be good for a telescope as well, a wide field telescope, because you\u2019ll get them well magnified. And Regulus itself has got a faint companion. But how easy that will be to see in the twilight. Well, we\u2019ll have to wait and see, won\u2019t we? And hopefully get to observe it. My problem is that I\u2019ve got a lot of clutter on my horizon in that direction, so I have to wait a long time before\u2026 so it\u2019s daylight by the time it rises high enough. Woe is me. I know. I\u2019m trying to get the sympathy vote here. But, I mean, I have a good section of the sky I can observe. So, you know, it\u2019s one of those things isn\u2019t it. There\u2019s, there\u2019s pluses and minuses. So that\u2019s the morning sky then, grabbing Venus in the twilight when it\u2019s next to Regulus. Now we have to go\u2026 we sometimes have nothing happening for a day or two, but the way it goes is that on the 8th we actually have the minor world<\/a> 3 Juno at opposition. And opposition, of course, is when an object rises as the sun\u2019s setting. And so it\u2019s opposite the sun in the sky, which technically means it\u2019s visible all night as well. Now, Juno itself is quite faint usually, so it\u2019s not one of those that\u2019s regularly observed, although it\u2019s the third minor world to have been discovered. It was one of those things that they just happened to be searching the right area and found this little dot a light that was moving. And so there are others that are brightening it. But, when it reaches opposition, that\u2019s always the best time to catch the faint minor whirls because they\u2019re at their brightest. Yeah. so it\u2019ll be magnitude +7.8. So that\u2019s similar to Neptune. So if you\u2019ve found Neptune in the past, then you should be able to find Juno. So as it happens, Juno, Neptune and Jupiter form a bit of a shallow triangle. Neptune\u2019s the apex, pointing down. It\u2019s very shallow, but it gives you a good idea of where to look for Juno. It\u2019s in Aquarius, and Neptune\u2019s in Aquarius, but really close to the border with Pisces. In fact, Neptune is below the circlet of Pisces. So this whole region with a brilliant planet Jupiter as a guide as well, helps you locate these objects and the say it\u2019s a nice triangle here, a very shallow triangle with Juno to help you guide to it. So if you\u2019ve never seen Juno, this is the time to do it. This is the week. You know, get out there and try to grab it. So they are. And I say, similar to Neptune, if you\u2019ve already seen Neptune, this shouldn\u2019t be hard at all. So there we are. And if you follow it over the course of a few nights, if we get a run of clear night, our favourite\u2026. you get one clear night that is cloud, cloud, cloud, cloud, cloud.<\/p>\n

Ezzy <\/strong>I don\u2019t think it would be appropriate to point your way to Juno with Jupiter. So to see both of those together. Husband and wife.<\/p>\n

Paul <\/strong>Ah, so there we are. That\u2019s I just I love the fact that we\u2019ve also got an orbiter going around Jupiter called Juno<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ezzy <\/strong>Yes exactly. Lots of Junos!<\/p>\n

Paul<\/strong>\u00a0So there\u2019s a lot going on at the moment. So it\u2019s nice to link all three together. Okay. So we go on to the next evening sort of thing, ou rather that evening in actual fact. In the south southeast, we\u2019re back to the Moon<\/a>. You know, I know the Moon is dominant there, but it does guide us to many objects. And so the Moon forms a triangle with Saturn and Vesta<\/a>. Now Vesta. Minor world. It can reach naked eye visibility. But it\u2019s one of those things that that moment you would need binoculars for it. But there is Saturn, the Moon, and Vesta as well. So you\u2019ve got three Solar System bodies to hunt down. Saturn will be easy and so will the Moon. So the thing we\u2019ve been observing in Saturn regularly is gorgeous views, past opposition. So it\u2019s now nicely in the evening sky, we\u2019re talking about, good grief, 10:00 in the evening. Oh, that\u2019s a that\u2019s a bit more civil from some in the night sky. So it is becoming really well placed to actually observe if you\u2019re in this region, by the way, sort of thing, you know, we\u2019ve got Saturn, the Moon and Vesta and to the right of Vesta and below Saturn by several degrees is Messier 30 a globular cluster. So it\u2019s the last one you do when you do the Messier challenge. When you trying to see all the Messier objects in one night<\/a>, you can\u2019t do it at the moment. It\u2019s a March\/April thing. But it is interesting that it\u2019s actually noted for being that last object. It\u2019s a nice little globular. And again, because he\u2019s so low, it does tend to get missed off by a lot of people. So if you want to have a go at it, magnitude 7.7. So a nice little globular. And again in the September issue, we always like to push things that way. But in the September issue, oh, there\u2019s an article by somebody in that about globulars to find. Who wrote that? Oh yes. Oh yeah. That it was, it was me. I\u2019ve always found globulars are unsung hero is like the impression in a small telescope is that. Well it\u2019s a blob. Yeah. And so you quickly move out as long as you\u2019ve recorded it that\u2019s it, but if you pay attention to them, you learn to develop the averted vision. It\u2019s surprising what you can pick out. So have a look at the article. There are 15 globules this time of year you can pick out sort of thing and I say Messier throws got the advantage. You got Saturn above it and then, as I say, the Moon to one side and Vesta to the other. Now it would be better to let the Moon get out of the way because the moonlight won\u2019t help you, but it gives you a guide to the area to have a look at this particular globular itself.<\/p>\n

Ezzy <\/strong>Possibly find it a bit easier when you come back at a better time to observe it or perhaps even image it.<\/p>\n

Paul <\/strong>Yes, exactly. Sort of thing. You know, it\u2019s a surprise. Because the beauty about globular, they\u2019re a bit like open clusters. The moonlight creates a bit of a problem for diffuse objects like galaxies and nebulae. But when it\u2019s a collection of stars, it\u2019s surprising how much you can see. And this is why I like globulars through the summer because the light summer nights, the globulars are one of the few things that you can actually still see reasonably well as well as open clusters. So we move to September 9th. We\u2019re back in the evening sky now and look out for the full Moon as it rise. Now, normally you wouldn\u2019t really recommend looking at an occultation of a star with a full Moon, mainly because the Moon\u2019s so bright and the occultations are always better when they\u2019re appearing on the dark limb. So as it happens, it\u2019s full Moon so there won\u2019t be a dark limb. But I just thought I\u2019d point this out because it actually will be occulting Tau Aquarii. So well worth looking because that\u2019s a reasonably bright star. I forget the magnitude now, but watch from about 8:30 p.m. for the reappearance because as it rises it will be too low. It will already be occulting the star, but as it rises higher the star will emerge from behind the actual Moon itself. So again, to have a pair of binoculars on that or a small telescope, and then suddenly to see the star appear to the right of the Moon, gives you the sense of the Solar System in motion. The Moon has been moving across it. Hiding the star itself. Now we\u2019re having a nice run where they actually, it\u2019s literally night after night. And on September 10th again in the evening sky, we\u2019ve still got the full. This is the technically the, part of the full moon. It was an almost full moon on the night, it\u2019s now full moon<\/a> actually on the 10th. But let\u2019s face it, visually, naked eye, I always think a day either side and it\u2019s so difficult to tell the difference. You know, they really are hard. They can often look\u2026 I\u2019ve often had people say oh, I saw the full moon the other night and you sort of grit your teeth, you don\u2019t want say if you don\u2019t want to correct it. Well actually, it wasn\u2019t quite full.<\/p>\n

Ezzy<\/strong>\u00a0It was full-ish.<\/p>\n

Paul<\/strong> It was full-ish, Yes, you don\u2019t want to appear pedantic. But you know, one like to be accurate. You know, we\u2019re astronomers, we like to be accurate as such. But this is an interesting one because this full Moon is the Harvest Moon, because it\u2019s the closest full Moon to the September equinox. So, you know, so, you know, so and this is why the farmers love this particular Moon, because it lingers, gives them a lot of light and they carry on doing their harvest. And interestingly enough, on the 10th, it also lies below the Moon tonight with Jupiter off to the left. So again, if you haven\u2019t found Neptune before, you\u2019ve got you\u2019ve got a moon to guide the way. Because there\u2019s the moon. Then there\u2019s Neptune. And then there\u2019s the circle of Pisces to actually observe. Okay. Amazingly, we\u2019re still in the sky, and we\u2019ll finish off with the moon. Because the next even in September 11th, the Moon itself is past full now, just. Will you be able to tell the difference? Well, write in and tell us. You don\u2019t know. Some people can, though. It\u2019s very, very subtle sort of thing effect. But it\u2019s a bit like seeing the moons of Jupiter with the naked eye. There are a small number of people who can actually do it. I can\u2019t. I definitely need optical aid. But again, we\u2019ll have a situation whereby theMoon will appear to have a star above it. And as we say, that\u2019s no star. It\u2019s the Death Star. Oh, sorry. No, it\u2019s not the Death Star. It\u2019s Jupiter. It\u2019s a planet. So, you know, again, this time it will be a real planet. It\u2019s really bright, the planet, Jupiter, because the Moon will be very bright as well. But it will be quite obvious that there is something above the Moon and it\u2019s the planet Jupiter. And that again helps you guide on. And it confirms if you\u2019re an unsure and sometimes, you know, beginners are unsure what they\u2019re looking at sort of thing. So I often see things on, on social media whereby they posts also saw this object next to the Moon. What was it, nine times out of ten. It\u2019s a planet or a star. So this is this is a planet. And a lot of these apps and our Sky Guide in the magazine tells you when these things take place as well as listening to us Ezzy as well.<\/p>\n

Ezzy<\/strong>\u00a0Absolutely. And it does sound like there\u2019s a lot of very interesting things happening this week. It\u2019s a good week for minor worlds, with both Juno at Opposition and Vesta appearing close to the Moon and Saturn and also have quite a good showing from Jupiter throughout the week. And if you want to keep up to date with all of the best things to see in the night sky every week, please do be sure to subscribe to the podcast Star Diary and we hope to see you here next week.<\/p>\n

Ezzy <\/strong>If you want to find out even more spectacular sites that will be gracing the night sky throughout the month, be sure to pick up a copy of BBC Sky at Night Magazine<\/a> where we have a 16 page pull out Sky Guide with a full overview of everything worth looking up for. Whether you like to look at the moon, the planets, or the deep sky, whether you use binoculars, telescopes, au niveau, our sky guide has got you covered with the detailed star charts to help you track your way across the night sky. From all of us here at BBC Sky Magazine. Goodbye.<\/p>\n

Chris Bramley <\/strong>Thank you for listening to this episode of The Start, our podcast from the makers of BBC Scotland Magazine. For more of our podcasts, visit our website at Scotland Magazine dot com or head to Acast, iTunes or Spotify.<\/p>\n

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