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2 January 2026
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Here's to a New Year with plenty of clear nights and steady skies!
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In other news
- The CSOG outlook for 2026
- Renewing CSOG registrations & support donations
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Deep Sky Forum's Object of the Week
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This double star is included in CSOG's:
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These galaxies are included in CSOG's:
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Cloudy Nights' Monthly Challenge Objects
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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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Webb Deep-Sky Society's Objects of the Month
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Unknown to me, there's a second TIE Fighter out there; the other one being NGC4725 in Coma Berenices. I updated all guides and field descriptions containing NGC936 and added it to the Named Objects edition. These changes will be fielded with the next interim update to CSOG.
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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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This object previously featured as a Webb OotM in January 2023.
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This object is included in CSOG's:
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The Washington Double Star Catalog assigns the letters A, S, T, U & V for the components of this double star. I decided to go with A through E.
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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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drum roll...
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This object is included in CSOG's:
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New CSOG Downloads
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CSOG in 2026
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The aim is to publish at least one new CSOG edition in every month of 2026. Order of appearance may change, but here's the plan:
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- Herschel double stars - April
- All Astrotreff's Objects of the Month for the year 2019 - May
- All Astrotreff's Objects of the Month for the year 2018 - June
- All Astrotreff's Objects of the Month for the year 2017 - July
- All Astrotreff's Objects of the Month for the year 2016 - August
With publication of guides for the final year (2016) in August, I will add an index file for all Astrotreff OotM's, an AstroPlanner planfile and Tour files.
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- Kohoutek nebulae - September
- All the Webb Deep-Sky Society's Objects of the Month for the years 2019 to 2006, striving for one per month, going backwards in time
- Rodgers, Campbell, Whiteoak nebulae - Late 2026 ?
- An interim update to various CSOG editions - Late 2026 ?
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In between, I will try to fit is as many observing programs for star parties as possible, whenever I see a list of objects shared on the web. These make for an excellent opportunity to share CSOG content; as an introduction and to provide further detail to enhance the experience at the eyepiece. As always, these observing programs will be available for free for the duration of the star party, without the need to register.
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Renewing CSOG Registrations & Support Donations
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CSOG cannot exist without support.
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Registration and a support donations gives access to all CSOG content - currently 105 editions and 26 'Periodicals' - for the duration of one year (365 days). Once the year has expired, a new support donation is required to continue to have access to all CSOG content and any new or updated edition published in the year ahead.
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Once a registration has expired, logging in to the Clear Skies website will lead you to a Registration Renewal page. You will not see this page until one year after you last made a CSOG support donation. Once a registration and support donation is renewed, access to CSOG is reactivated for another year.
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Coming very soon
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New CSOG edition
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Mid-January I will publish a new CSOG edition for all Deep Sky Forum's Objects of the Week for the year 2014. An index file and AstroPlanner planfile will be included.
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Coming soon...
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Future updates to the Clear Skies website will include:
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