Leisure: Night Sky in September - Watch Out for This Returning Asteroid ; a Crescent Moon, Saturn and Venus Close by and the Appearance of Asteroid Toutatis Are All On the Agenda Next Month, Reports Birmingham Astronomical Society

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September is the month for early risers as far as the brighter planets are concerned for only the outer worlds of Uranus and Neptune are really visible in the mid-evening sky.

Distant Pluto is sinking rapidly into the western horizon and so is hardly visible now.

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Leisure: Night Sky in September - Watch Out for This Returning Asteroid ; a Crescent Moon, Saturn and Venus Close by and the Appearance of Asteroid Toutatis Are All On the Agenda Next Month, Reports Birmingham Astronomical Society

Using binoculars or a telescope, look for Uranus and Neptune near to the south-eastern horizon in the constellations of Aquarius and Capricornus, respectively.

A moonless sky on the 14th will help to identify the fainter, bluish Neptune from the more distinctive greenis...

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