1. Orpington Astronomical Society
Observing Officers report for August 2017 with notes for September 2017

2. Moon phases for September 2017
6th September th September th September th September

3. Some star clusters in Cassiopeia

4. Credit oneminutastronomer.com

5. NGC 7789
Image credit Astronomyphotos

6. NGC 663
Credit freestarcharts.com

8. M 52
Credit freestarcharts.com

9. M 103
Credit SeeTheGlory

11. NGC 225
Credit Astronomy Magazine

12. Some more star clusters

14. M11 – the Wild Duck Cluster in Scutum
Credit : Ignacio Diaz Bobillo of PampaSkies
M11 – the Wild Duck Cluster in Scutum

16. M 26 in Scutum

17. Image from Mars NASA,JPL-Caltech,MSSS.
How could one not choose an image taken by the Mars Curiosity Rover? This image shows the floor of the Gale crater in which Curiosity landed (in such spectacular fashion) and across to the distant crater wall.   The foreground has the appearance of a dried river bed.

18. Neptune at opposition 2017
September 5 - Neptune at Opposition. The blue giant planet will be at its closest approach to Earth and its face will be fully illuminated by the Sun. It will be brighter than any other time of the year and will be visible all night long. This is the best time to view and photograph Neptune. Due to its extreme distance from Earth, it will only appear as a tiny blue dot in all but the most powerful telescopes.

19. Member`s images

20. M16 – the Eagle Nebula

21. NGC The Veil nebula

22. For those members who are uncertain of the location of the Otford Village Memorial Hall … it`s about twenty minutes drive from the BEECHE.

23. The OVMH from the rear of the hall…
…and a location map. Postcode is TN14 5PQ

24. See you next month and …. keep looking up!