Clear Skies Newsletter

28 December 2024

Fellow stargazer,

Here's what's new on the Clear Skies website this week.

Deep Sky Forum's Object of the Week

Week 51

posted on: 21 December

Galaxy Messier 83 (NGC5236 - Lacaille I.6) - the "Southern Pinwheel Galaxy" in Hydra

This object is included in CSOG's:

- Constellation editions by telescope aperture

- Messier edition
- Lacaille edition
- Dunlop edition
- Burnham's Celestial Handbook - DSO's edition
- Named Objects edition
- ASSA Top-100 observing program
- Bennett edition

Galaxy Messier 83 (NGC5236 - Lacaille I.6) - the "Southern Pinwheel Galaxy" in Hydra

Page Updates

CSOG - Observing Guides

New and updated information about the how's and why's of CSOG observing guides.

Future CSOG - Interim Updates

Please see the page for what was updated and what is coming.

CSOG Edition update

CSOG's Regions in the Large Magellanic Cloud edition contained pages with a white background. This warrants an immediate update.

If you downloaded this edition before 28 December 2024, please download it again.

CSOG Downloads - Other Editions - Region in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Looking Up

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.