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Clear Skies Newsletter

11 July 2025
Fellow stargazer,
This week the Clear Skies website was updated with:

In other news:

2 New CSOG editions are coming, this weekend. Another 3 will follow in two weeks. Please scroll down to read all about it.

Cloudy Nights' Monthly Challenge Objects

July

posted on: 9 July

Globular cluster Messier 4 (NGC6121- Lacaille I.9) - the "Cat's Eye" in Scorpius
Globular cluster Messier 4 (NGC6121- Lacaille I.9) - the "Cat's Eye" in Scorpius
Globular cluster Messier 4 (NGC6121- Lacaille I.9) - the "Cat's Eye" in Scorpius
This object is included in CSOG's:
- Constellation editions by telescope aperture
- Messier editions
- Lacaille editions
- Melotte Star Clusters edition
- Burnham's Celestial Handbook - DSO's edition
- Named Objects edition
- Bennett edition

Globular cluster Haute-Provence Observatory 1 in Ophiuchus
Globular cluster Haute-Provence Observatory 1 in Ophiuchus
Globular cluster Haute-Provence Observatory 1 in Ophiuchus
This object is included in CSOG's:
- 12-14" Constellation edition
Van den Bergh-Hagen Star Clusters edition

Planetary nebula Hubble 5 - "Hubble's Double Bubble" in Sagittarius
Planetary nebula Hubble 5 - "Hubble's Double Bubble" in Sagittarius
Planetary nebula Hubble 5 - "Hubble's Double Bubble" in Sagittarius
This object is included in CSOG's:
- 12-14" Constellation edition
- Hubble Nebulae edition
- Named Objects edition

Galaxy PGC62946 - "the Bird" in Sagittarius
Galaxy PGC62946 - "the Bird" in Sagittarius
Galaxy PGC62946 - "the Bird" in Sagittarius
This object is included in CSOG's:
- 12-14" Constellation edition
- Named Objects edition

Deep Sky Forum's Objects of the Week

Week 27

posted on: 8 July

Globular cluster NGC6356 in Ophiuchus
Globular cluster NGC6356 in Ophiuchus
Globular cluster NGC6356 in Ophiuchus
This object is included in CSOG's:
- Constellation editions by telescope aperture
- Herschel edition
- Melotte Star Clusters edition
- Burnham's Celestial Handbook - DSO's edition
- Herschel 400 observing program
- Bennett edition
- Webb Deep-Sky Society's Object of the Month - June 2022

Coming very soon...
This weekend two new CSOG editions will be published:

Astronomy Magazine's "101 Cosmic Objects You Must See"
CSOG Downloads - Observing Programs - Astronomy Magazine's "101 Cosmic Objects You Must See"

Astronomy Magazine's "101 Weirdest Cosmic Objects"
CSOG Downloads - Observing Programs - Astronomy Magazine's "101 Cosmic Objects You Must See"
For both editions Index files, AstroPlanner planfiles and Tour files are included.

Starnights 2025
The last weekend of July, 3 new Star Party Observing Programs will be published for Starnights 2025: An Observing Program, a Challenge Observing Program & a Binocular Observing Program. 40 objects each.
I will be attending Starnights 2025 and will be a speaker on Saturday 23 August.
Starnights 2025 - Observing Program - index
Starnights 2025 - Challenge Observing Program - index
Starnights 2025 - Binocular Observing Program - index

Coming soon...
Future updates to the Clear Skies website will include:
Weekly updates
Monthly updates
Seasonal Updates
Other
Clear skies (.eu),
Victor van Wulfen
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