Constellation Highlights

September 2024 Newsletter

CALDWELL: 4

NGC: 281

PLANETS: Mercury

By NBAS | Sep 4, 2024

NBAS anniversary, lunar eclipse and more

Cygnus

STARS: Albireo

CALDWELL: 12, 33, 34

MESSIER: 29

NGC: 6960, 6992, 6946, 7000

OTHER: Sh2-101

By NBAS Staff | Sep 4, 2024

Flying down the Milky Way

Sagittarius

STARS: Sgr A

CALDWELL: 57

MESSIER: 17, 20, 21, 22

NGC: 6822

By NBAS Staff | Aug 7, 2024

Looking to the center of our Galaxy

August 2024 Newsletter

NGC: 6357

METEORS: Perseids

PLANETS: Saturn, Neptune

By NBAS | Aug 7, 2024

Perseids, Saturn, and Neptune

Scorpius

STARS: Antares

MESSIER: 4, 6, 7

NGC: 6334, 6357

OTHER: IC 4592

By NBAS Staff | Jul 3, 2024

The celestial arachnid holding the Milky Way’s heart in its sting.

July 2024 Newsletter

STARS: Beta Lyr, Vega, Deneb, Altair

MESSIER: 83

By NBAS | Jul 3, 2024

Summer Triangle, and Beta Lyrae

June 2024 Newsletter

STARS: T CrB

MESSIER: 84, 86

COMETS: C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

By NBAS | Jun 5, 2024

Incoming Comet, T CrB

Hercules

STARS: Ras Algethi

MESSIER: 13, 92

NGC: 6207, 4631

OTHER: Abell 39, Abell 2151

By NBAS Staff | Jun 5, 2024

The mythical strongman in the sky

May 2024 Newsletter

MESSIER: 100

By NBAS | May 1, 2024

2024 Eclipse recap, Galaxy Season

Canes Venatici

STARS: Y CVn, TON 618

CALDWELL: 32

MESSIER: 3, 51, 63

NGC: 4627, 4631

By NBAS Staff | May 1, 2024

The only constellation named after an historical figure

Coma Berenices

MESSIER: 64, 100

NGC: 4173, 4565, 4889

OTHER: HCG 61, Melotte 111

By NBAS Staff | Apr 3, 2024

The only constellation named after an historical figure

April 2024 Newsletter

NGC: 3628

COMETS: 12P/Pons-Brooks, C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), 62P/Tsuchinshan

By NBAS | Apr 3, 2024

2024 Eclipse, three comets

Leo

STARS: R Leo, Wolf 359, Gamma Leo

MESSIER: 65, 66

NGC: 2903, 3628

By NBAS Staff | Mar 7, 2024

Gateway constellation to Spring

March 2024 Newsletter

CALDWELL: 3

MESSIER: 81, 82, 97

NGC: 2024

By NBAS | Mar 6, 2024

Spring, Ursa Major

February 2024 Newsletter

CALDWELL: 25, 39

NGC: 2392, 2420, 2146, 2419

OTHER: Barnard 33

By NBAS | Feb 7, 2024

Spring, overhead DSOs

Cancer

STARS: X Cnc, Iota Cnc, Zeta Cnc, 55 Cnc

CALDWELL: 48

MESSIER: 44, 67

NGC: 2672, 2775

OTHER: Arp 167

By NBAS Staff | Feb 7, 2024

The dimmest constellation in the Zodiac

Monoceros

CALDWELL: 46, 49, 50

MESSIER: 50

NGC: 2237, 2244, 2261, 2264, 2346

OTHER: IC 2177

By NBAS Staff | Jan 3, 2024

Constellation going back to at least the 17th century

January 2024 Newsletter

MESSIER: 42, 43

NGC: 1909, 2024, 2359

OTHER: Barnard 33, Collinder 121, Sh 2-308

By NBAS | Jan 3, 2024

Winter Nebulae

Perseus

STARS: Algol

CALDWELL: 14, 24

MESSIER: 76

NGC: 869, 884, 1245, 1275, 1499

By NBAS Staff | Dec 6, 2023

Ancient constellation from Greek mythology

December 2023 Newsletter

CALDWELL: 13

MESSIER: 33

NGC: 457, 1245, 1893, 2169

By NBAS | Dec 6, 2023

Winter soltices, open cluster pictograms