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19 September 2025

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

    In other news:

    • Coming in a matter of days: CSOG interim update + 9 new editions. Please scroll down to read all about it.

      Deep Sky Forum's Objects of the Week

      Week 37

      posted on: 15 September
      The galaxy group USGC U811 was posted as Object of the Week. As the group - according to NED - consists of only 4 galaxies, but more galaxies were noted in the forum post, I decided to create a guide for galaxies near NGC7242.

      Galaxies in Lacerta

      Galaxies in Lacerta
      Galaxies in Lacerta

      Clear Skies Blog update

      Clear Skies Blog - Astrotrips - Boureuilles, 25 August 2025 (evening)

      25 August 2025 (evening) - "The long march to Boureuilles"

      On 17 September I posted a new blog entry for an observing run in Boureuilles, France, in the evening of 25 August 2025.

      Observations

      Objects observed 25 August 2025 (evening)
      13 planetary nebulae
      1 asterism
      9 double stars

      Total: 23 observations
      First time observations: 21 objects
      With this blog, I updated my observing log and observing sessions.

      CSOG Interim Update + new editions

      As I type this, I am virtually to my armpits in pdf's, planfiles and tours. Literally thousands of files to export and update for CSOG's interim update and 9 new editions:
      • Struve-Straka nebulae
      • Dorschner-Gürtler nebulae
      • Van den Bergh Reflection Nebulae
      • Rojkovskij-Kurchakov nebulae
      • Bernes Bright nebulae
      • Neckel-Staude nebulae
      • Peimbert-Bátiz & Peimbert-Costero planetary nebulae
      • Merrill Planetary Nebulae
      • Herschel Regions
      Tomorrow Saturday 20 September, I will take the Clear Skies website offline to upload new and updated content and to update the site.

      I am not aiming for a specific date & time (it'll be done when it's done), but given my progress I expect the site to be back up this Sunday evening, or soon after.

      This will be a huge update to CSOG, adding many updates and further unique content that cannot be found in any other publication. I am pleased to be able to release it less than a year since publication of CSOG 3.0.

      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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