Amateur Astronomers Of Beaver County

A.A.O.B.C.

Beaver County
Western Pennsylvania   -  U.S.A.

" A Space Odyssey "

WHAT'S UP IN THE SKY

For an excellent weekly update,  check
out this link to Sky & Telescopes 

"This Week’s Sky at a Glance"

http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy

Lots of great stuff is out there year round to view,  such as the Messier objects.   Deep Space Objects are always a treat and are always available for viewing.  Such things like Globular Clusters - groups of stars that combine to make a treat to view.  Other objects like nebulas in various shapes and sizes and also different galaxies can be viewed as well,  like the photo below of Andromeda Galaxy, our closest neighboring galaxy to the Milky Way Galaxy.    Also,  double stars are quite interesting as well.  We can't very well forget about our closest object...... Ms. Luna,  the MOON..........  she always provides a tremendous view.    A telescope is a year round past time - there is always something to view !

An EXCELLENT contact page of just the Messier Objects can be located at this site.  Here you can view a small photo of each of the 110 objects and click on that picture to find more information about that object.

http://www.seds.org/messier/icosheet.html

M57  -Ring Nebula