Great Square of Pegasus

[Richard N]

Is it just me or is there really nothing of interest in this patch of sky? I have looked at several guides but none seems to have much to offer. Suggestions (or just look elsewhere)?

[Guest]

Well there is ngc 7814 in the one corner.  There is a boatload of variable and double stars if that is your thing.  Outside the box is a very nice cluster M15 if i remember correctly, NGC 7331, NGC 7318 and NGC 7479 are in the general vicinity as well 

Edited September 8, 2023 by Mike Q

[SteveWolves]

I get this from my CdC

[wookie1965]

As is NGC 7662 (The blue snowball) cracking object. 

Edited September 8, 2023 by wookie1965

[Naughty Neal]

All Pegasus objects here as well as all of the other celestials.

Scroll down the page and objects are pinpointed where to be found .

.eda | TheSkyLive.com

[The60mmKid]

23 hours ago, Richard N said:

Is it just me or is there really nothing of interest in this patch of sky? I have looked at several guides but none seems to have much to offer. Suggestions (or just look elsewhere)?

It's the Kansas of the night sky. (Sorry, American joke...)

[ollypenrice]

The great square is a famous test of naked eye observation and sky quality. A number of us, here, tested another guest, famous for his eyesight, and we were all convinced that he made mag 7, naked eye. This is not unprecedented, but t is rare, and we do have a good sky.

Olly

[tomato]

I think the HST has demonstrated that there is no such thing as a patch of empty sky, but it does depend on how deep you can go.

The September edition of Astronomy Now featured the square of Pegasus, seven pages of deep sky objects to go at.

Edited September 9, 2023 by tomato
Typo corrected

[Elp]

24 minutes ago, tomato said:

there is no such thing as a patch of empty sky

NGC7088?

[lawsio]

On 09/09/2023 at 22:56, Elp said:

NGC7088?

Thank you for sending me down the most interesting Google rabbit hole I've been down in a while!

Is it a good scope or a bad scope that let's you see things that don't even exist, do we think?

[Zermelo]

Not necessarily within the square.

Edited September 18, 2023 by Zermelo

[Elp]

1 hour ago, lawsio said:

Thank you for sending me down the most interesting Google rabbit hole I've been down in a while!

Is it a good scope or a bad scope that let's you see things that don't even exist, do we think?

Think it's more to do with the human mind.

[Ratlet]

1 hour ago, lawsio said:

Thank you for sending me down the most interesting Google rabbit hole I've been down in a while!

Is it a good scope or a bad scope that let's you see things that don't even exist, do we think?

Averted imagination 

[Zermelo]

On 09/09/2023 at 21:56, Elp said:

NGC7088?

That's brilliant, I wasn't aware of that.  It even has an entry in SkySafari.

It would be a good first clue for a question in round 1 of Only Connect, with clue 4 being "unicorns".

[Zermelo]

On 09/09/2023 at 21:31, tomato said:

there is no such thing as a patch of empty sky

Not quite completely off the topic:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/dullmensclub/permalink/1313987909257747/