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February 2025 Newsletter

CALDWELL: 49, 50
PLANETS: Uranus
By NBAS | Feb 2, 2025

Uranus challenge, winter open clusters

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Orion

STARS: Betelgeuse
MESSIER: 42, 43
NGC: 2024, 2169
OTHER: Barnard 33, LDN 1622
By NBAS Staff | Jan 8, 2025

One of the most recognized constellations

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January 2025 Newsletter

OTHER: IC 1871
PLANETS: Mars
By NBAS | Jan 8, 2025

Looking at Mars, and poking around Gemini

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December 2024 Newsletter

OTHER: IC 1871
PLANETS: Mars
By NBAS | Dec 4, 2024

Venus and the Moon, and poking around Taurus

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Cetus

STARS: Mira
CALDWELL: 51, 56, 62
MESSIER: 77
NGC: 246, 247
OTHER: IC 1613, Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte
By NBAS Staff | Dec 4, 2024

A whale of a constellation

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Pegasus

STARS: 51 Peg
CALDWELL: 30, 43, 44
MESSIER: 15
NGC: 7331, 7479, 7814
OTHER: HCG 92
By NBAS Staff | Nov 6, 2024

Perseus's Pony

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November 2024 Newsletter

CALDWELL: 65
NGC: 253
PLANETS: Venus, Mercury
By NBAS | Nov 6, 2024

Twilight inner planets, looking around Perseus

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October 2024 Newsletter

NGC: 281
COMETS: C/2023 A1
By NBAS | Oct 2, 2024

Orionids, catching a comet, Binocular tour

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Aquarius

CALDWELL: 55, 63
MESSIER: 2, 72, 73
NGC: 7009, 7284, 7293
OTHER: HCG 88, Arp 93
By NBAS Staff | Oct 2, 2024

One of the "Water" constellations.

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September 2024 Newsletter

CALDWELL: 4
NGC: 281
PLANETS: Mercury
By NBAS | Sep 4, 2024

NBAS anniversary, lunar eclipse and more

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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

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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

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August 2024 Newsletter

NGC: 6357
METEORS: Perseids
PLANETS: Saturn, Neptune
By NBAS | Aug 7, 2024

Perseids, Saturn, and Neptune

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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.

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July 2024 Newsletter

STARS: Beta Lyr, Vega, Deneb, Altair
MESSIER: 83
By NBAS | Jul 3, 2024

Summer Triangle, and Beta Lyrae

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June 2024 Newsletter

STARS: T CrB
MESSIER: 84, 86
COMETS: C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
By NBAS | Jun 5, 2024

Incoming Comet, T CrB

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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

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May 2024 Newsletter

MESSIER: 100
By NBAS | May 1, 2024

2024 Eclipse recap, Galaxy Season

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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

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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