DEEP SKY CHALLENGE
AUTUMN’S FADING GALAXIES
Winter is coming, but autumn’s deep-sky treasures can still be enjoyed through your telescope
2 The Blue Snowball Nebula (NGC 7662)
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s October begins and Halloween fast approaches, signalling the coming of winter, it’s only natural
to swing your telescope away from the subtle attractions of the autumn sky and use it to enjoy views of winter’s bigger, brighter and bolder deep-sky objects. But before you start diving headfirst into the swirling grey-and-green gas clouds of the Orion Nebula or squint at the Crab Nebula’s ghostly outline, why don’t you postpone winter a little longer and give some of autumn’s delights another look?