Night sky highlights for September 2024

Check out the night sky this month, September 2024. Here are several videos highlighting the top sights to observe.

** What’s Up: September 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA – NASA JPL

What are some skywatching highlights in September 2024?

Five planets each make appearances, the Harvest supermoon shows us a partial eclipse, then slices through the Pleiades. Plus International Observe the Moon Night and solar sail sightings!

0:00 Intro
0:18 Sept. planets visibility
1:06 Moon & planet highlights
2:58 Solar sail visibility
3:38 International Observe the Moon Night
4:34 August photo highlights
4:48 September Moon phases

Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What’s Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatch….

“Sky chart showing The Moon near Jupiter in the morning sky before sunrise on September 24, along with some of the well-known (Northern Hemisphere) winter stars and constellations.” Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

** Tonight’s Sky: September 2024 – Space Telescope Science Institute – Tonight’s Sky

In September, Pegasus becomes increasingly prominent in the southeastern sky, allowing stargazers to locate globular star clusters and a nearby double star, Alpha Capricorni. Keep watching for space-based views of densely packed, spherical collections of ancient stars in visible and X-ray light

About this Series … “Tonight’s Sky” is a monthly video of constellations you can observe in the night sky. The series is produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope, in partnership with NASA’s Universe of Learning. This is a recurring show, and you can find more episodes—and other astronomy videos—at https://hubblesite.org/resource-gallery/tonights-sky.

** What’s in the night sky, January 2024 – BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel reveal what’s in the night sky this month, including the planets improving, a partial lunar eclipse on 18 September and Saturn and Jupiter moon events.

00:00 Introduction
00:08 Inner planets
02:55 Outer planets
09:28 Saturn Titan event
11:38 Ganymede transits Jupiter
12:46 18 September partial lunar eclipse
14:19 Autumn equinox
14:43 Saturn’s moons
18:08 Stars and constellations