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Flashy, deep-sky objects visible in the middle of the month at the end of astronomical twilight (6:00 PM) in January. What’s Up This Month - a Fulton Wright report Double Stars (2 or 3 stars, close together) Gamma Andromedae (Almach) Mag: 2.1 & 5.0 Sep: 10 arc-seconds
Almach is the third brightest star in the constellation Andromeda and one of the most beautiful double stars in the sky. What’s Up This Month - a Fulton Wright report Gamma Andromedae (Almach) Double Stars (2 or 3 stars, close together) Mag: 2.1 & 5.0 Gamma Arietis (Mesarthim) Sep: 10 arc-seconds Mag: 3.9 & 4.6 Sep: 7 arc-seconds Almach is the third brightest star in the constellation Andromeda and one Mesarthim shines third-brightest of the most beautiful double stars in among the triangle of stars that make the sky. the classical figure of Aries, the Ram.
View: 21.3’ x 20.5’ What’s Up This Month - a Fulton Wright report Gamma Andromedae (Almach) Open Clusters (about 50 bright stars) Mag: 2.1 & 5.0 M37 (NGC 2099) Sep: 10 arc-seconds Mag: 5.6 Size: 14 arc-minutes Almach is the third brightest star in the constellation Andromeda and one Messier 37 is the brightest open of the most beautiful double stars in cluster in Auriga, and is considered the sky. to be one of the finest in the sky. Image courtesy Jeff Stilman What’s Up This Month - a Fulton Wright report Gamma Andromedae (Almach) Open Clusters (about 50 bright stars) Mag: 2.1 & 5.0 Double Cluster (NGC 869 and 884) Sep: 10 arc-seconds Mag: 5.3 and 6.1 Size: 18 and 18 arc-minutes Almach is the third brightest star in Separation: 28 arc-minutes the constellation Andromeda and one of the most beautiful double stars in The open star clusters NGC 869 the sky. and NGC 884 form the famous Double Cluster in Perseus. Image courtesy John Carter What’s Up This Month - a Fulton Wright report Gamma Andromedae (Almach) Open Clusters (about 50 bright stars) Mag: 2.1 & 5.0 M45 (Pleiades) Sep: 10 arc-seconds Mag: 1.5 Size: 120 arc-minutes Almach is the third brightest star in the constellation Andromeda and one The Pleiades star cluster is also of the most beautiful double stars in known as the Seven Sisters. It is a the sky. prominent object in the night sky with a conspicuous place in ancient mythology. Image courtesy Shenyan Zhang What’s Up This Month - a Fulton Wright report Gamma Andromedae (Almach) Globular Clusters (about 200,000 dim stars) Mag: 2.1 & 5.0 M2 (NGC 7089) Sep: 10 arc-seconds Mag: 6.5 Size: 16 arc-minutes Almach is the third brightest star in the constellation Andromeda and one Messier 2 (also designated NGC of the most beautiful double stars in 7089) is a globular cluster in the sky. Aquarius, five degrees north of the star Beta Aquarii. Image courtesy Jeff Stilman What’s Up This Month - a Fulton Wright report
Gamma Andromedae (Almach) Galaxies (about 200,000,000 very dim and distant stars) Mag: 2.1 & 5.0 M31 (Andromeda) Sep: 10 arc-seconds Mag: 3.4 Size: 180 x 70 arc-minutes Almach is the third brightest star in the constellation Andromeda and one The Great Andromeda Galaxy, Messier of the most beautiful double stars in 31, is the nearest spiral galaxy to our the sky. own. Visible as a faint smudge on moonless nights, it is one of the farthest objects visible to the naked eye. Image courtesy John Carter What’s Up This Month - a Fulton Wright report
Gamma Andromedae (Almach) Galaxies (about 200,000,000 very dim and distant stars) Mag: 2.1 & 5.0 M77 (Cetus A) Sep: 10 arc-seconds Mag: 9.0 Size: 6 x 6 arc-minutes Almach is the third brightest star in the constellation Andromeda and one A conspicuous spiral galaxy and can of the most beautiful double stars in be easily found 0.7° southeast of the sky. Delta Ceti. In amateur telescopes, the central 2' of this spiral galaxy dominate the view. Image courtesy Lorenzo Siciliano What’s Up This Month - a Fulton Wright report
Gamma Andromedae (Almach) Diffuse Nebula (gas and dust lit by a nearby star) Mag: 2.1 & 5.0 M42 (Orion Nebula) Sep: 10 arc-seconds Mag: 3.7 Size: 85 x 60 arc-minutes Almach is the third brightest star in the constellation Andromeda and one The Orion Nebula is one of the of the most beautiful double stars in brightest nebulae in the sky, and one the sky. of the nearest star-forming regions to Earth. It is rewarding in telescopes of every size. Image courtesy John Carter What’s Up This Month - a Fulton Wright report
Gamma Andromedae (Almach) Planetary Nebula (gas shel fom exploding star) Mag: 2.1 & 5.0 NGC1535 (Cleopatra's Eye) Sep: 10 arc-seconds Mag: 9.4 Size: 0.8 arc-minutes Almach is the third brightest star in the constellation Andromeda and one NGC 1535 is a 9th magnitude of the most beautiful double stars in planetary nebula in the constellation the sky. Eridanus. Located east of Zaurak, it is a nice diversion from all the galaxies in Eridanus. Image courtesy Yusuke Satou What’s Up This Month