What to see this time of year

[noeliam]

Hi All, Just got the new 200p Skywatcher Dob and now it's all set up can anyone tell me what i may be able to see this time of year, Venus & Jupiter are gone before dark(in the UK) and Mars & Saturn are a lot less brighter than they was a few weeks ago, Orion is nowhere to be seen so no nebular to find :-( Help !!!

 

Thanks all

 

[laudropb]

Down load Stellarium. It's free. You can put your location in and it will show you what is visible in your sky.

[Scooot]

These are my suggestions, 

Albireo, Double Cluster, M13, Ring Nebula.

Better when the moons out the way though

[rockystar]

and Andromeda of course. You'll still get some good views of Saturn, it doesn't need to be dark for the planets and moon.

 

[Knighty2112]

And see if you can split the double double, Epsilon Lyrae!  

[Galactic Wanderer]

Definitely m13 & try to get some objects in the Milky Way as it is/will be going shortly.

andromeda as well maybe try to get m51 as well.

[skfboiler]

You can spend most of the night looking in the Sagittarius/Scorpius area.  Sagittarius has so many globular clusters to see; including several Messier globulars with M22 being my favorite globular cluster.  Don't be afraid and throw some magnification at these globular clusters. You also have several other Messier objects like M20, the Trifid Nebula, M8, the Lagoon Nebula.  Without a filter these are wonderful targets to see.  However, with an OIII or UHC filter they should pop out in your scope.  Other Messiers to see in Sagittarius are M16, the Eagle Nebula and M17, the Swan Nebula.  There are also Messier open clusters to see like M25, M23, M21, M18. 

In Scorpius you have more Messier stuff like the globulars M4 and M80.  You have bright open clusters like M6 and M7.  These may look better in your finder scope.

 

[ronl]

Try the summer triangle, lot's to observe, and it's high up at the moment, here is a link,

http://www.constellation-guide.com/summer-triangle/ 

Clear sky's

[Dave In Vermont]

You might enjoy this (free) way to see what's up in your sky:

https://dso-browser.com/

You can program it, easily, to show the types of objects you like the most - which you can change around anytime.

Enjoy and clear skies,

Dave

[noeliam]

Thanks everyone, i have been doing a bit of research and taking notes on where to find Andromeda and Orion nebula but will now hunt down the ones mentioned above, looks like could be a clear one tonight so may take a peek. 

Thanks again your all so helpful

 

Steve

[noeliam]

Had an hour and suitably impressed with my 1st sighting of Saturn, great to see it in the flesh and my 11 year old son could not believe what he was seeing lol. Happy Days!

 Forgot to say i also had a couple of meteors wizz across the view as i was looking around :-)

[SilverAstro]

1 hour ago, noeliam said:

Had an hour and suitably impressed with my 1st sighting of Saturn, great to see it in the flesh and my 11 year old son could not believe what he was seeing lol. Happy Days!

Start them young I like it !

Has anyone mentioned the Globular Cluster M15, not far from the nose of the horse aka Pegasus, best when the moon has moved out of the way. For good measure the asteroid Pallas is nearby, just to the south of M15, but that just looks like any other star so you will need a good chart to identify it. Or, better, sketch the the area and then come back in a few days and see which one moved

 

[Dave In Vermont]

There are some very nice & easy-to-use software-programs for such thing as the Messier-Objects and the Caldwell-Objects you, and your son can check out - FREE, of course - here:

http://www.davidpaulgreen.com/software.html

Enjoy!

Dave

[BGazing]

now is the time to pull an all-nighter. not too cold and if you wait until the dawn you can catch orion. in the meantime, plenty to observe as perseus, cassiopea and andromeda rise, plus all the summer goodies in the cygnus are and around.