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3 January 2025
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First of all I would like to wish you all the best for 2025 with plenty of telescope time under clear, steady skies!
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This week on the Clear Skies website saw a new Deep Sky Forum Object of the Week, new Webb Deep-Sky Society Objects of the Month, a new Astrotreff Object of the Month, a potential discovery and 2 new CSOG downloads.
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Deep Sky Forum's Object of the Week
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Posted on Deep Sky Forum as the nebula Sharpless 2-264, this is in fact a collection of nebulae so large it can rightly be called a 'region'. As a whole, it was first cataloged by Georges Courtès, hence the primary designation of Courtès 128.
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This object is included in CSOG's:
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Webb Deep-Sky Society's Objects of the Month
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This object is included in CSOG's:
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This object is included in CSOG's:
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This object is included in CSOG's:
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Astrotreff's Object of the Month
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This object is included in CSOG's:
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Page Update
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While piecing together the observing guide for double star STTA66, one of the Webb Deep-Sky Society's Objects of the Month for January, I noticed something irregular 27 minutes of arc to the northwest of the double star.
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As it turned out, these irregular nebulous wisps to the northeast of the known galaxy CAP 0543+25 are - to the best of my knowledge - not included in any catalog. I added it as nr. 358 to my list of potential discoveries.
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New CSOG Downloads
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Looking Up
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Today, 3 January the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks. The zenithal hourly rate (ZHR) of this shower, with its radiant in the northern regions of the constellation of Boötes, can be quite high. For mid-northern hemisphere observers, the radiant is circumpolar, meaning it's above the horizon all night long.
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Coming next week...
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- Deep Sky Forum's Object of the Week for Week 1 of 2025, by yours truly
- New CSOG Download: All of Deep Sky Forum's Objects of the Month for the year 2024
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Coming soon...
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Future updates to the Clear Skies website will include:
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