My Observing Setup on September 14th, 2026 in Puddle Valley, Utah West Desert

 

Went observing last night and the clouds went away after sunset! Wonderful night and can I say that SN 2026 aaiv in NGC 7331 visually is AMAZING in my 17.5"! Look for my report in the next couple of days over at Eadsy Astronomy! 

Video on the Belt of Venus with Grand Tetons in Background with Explanation; Observing with Sketches September 7th and 9th, 2026 and SeeStar Images

 

 just show my recap of my observing from September 7th, 2026 near Ashton Idaho (north of there) in SQM skies of 21.8 to 21.9.  I show the Milky Way and my sketches and SeeStar Images from two nights (September 7th and September 9th, 2026 for the SeeStar).  

To read and watch all the material head over to Eadsy Astronomy and please join our community there to get first notice and my indepth articles on my observing and other information there! LINK. 

Lightning Can Strike Twice! A second Type Ia Supernova in NGC 7331 in 14 months!

 

The unbarred spiral galaxy NGC 7331 in Pegasus—often referred to as "the Milky Way’s twin"—has offered observers a rare occurrence. Between July 2025 and September 2026, the galaxy hosted two consecutive Type Ia supernovae. 

Let me share that this is significantly rare. Extragalactic supernovae typically erupt once per galaxy every few centuries, making back-to-back "supernova siblings" within ~14 months in a single target a fascinating cosmic coincidence.

SN 2025rbs (Discovered July 14, 2025)

Classification: Type Ia

Discovery Team: Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) survey

Discovery Magnitude: m 17.0

Peak Magnitude: m 12.0 - 13.5

SN 2026aaiv 

Classification: Type Ia

Discovery Team: Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey

Discovery Magnitude: m 17.3

Peak/Current Magnitude: m 12.5-13.0

For my full article head over to Eadsy Astronomy at this LINK and to see images of last year's and this year's supernova there and my sketches of NGC 7331. 

Weather for the New Moon Week in Utah and the Intermountain West September 4th to the 14th 2026

 

Forecast of rain in Utah from September 4th to September 12th, 2026. Not a ton in northern Utah but some and with that rain will come clouds 

My video and Chris Tomer's are both over at Eadsy Astronomy at this LINK.  I encourage you to head over and watch Chris'! My video here simply highlights his and if you want the indepth version, please watch his. I am not affliated with Chris, I just really apprecaite his work. Also, if you're into skiing and snow sports that is why he does his channel. Just goes to say it helps with our hobby as well!

Eadsy Astronomy Newsletter Week of September 6th to 15th, 2026

This is a really basic newsletter as I am getting ready to head for Island Park in Idaho and Yellowstone. My wife's birthday is next week and she has chosen this year to take the family with us and visit Yellowstone. I've been before, she hasn't. I am taking a scope, a refrator and stuff and my SeeStar S50. The forecast is for clouds and rain with maybe one or two nights so we'll see what we can see! 

Anyway, I include the Moon Progression, a Crater a Day to observe, 3 double stars to observe per day, a comet 10p Tempel 2 and 20 Eye Candy Deep Sky objects and 15 more challenging ones. Combine them, do them daily, however you want to use the info! Most importantly, keep looking up and enjoying the night sky above and all that is up there! It is truly a marvel! 

As always the link for the Google Doc and/or the PDF is over at Eadsy Astronomy so head over to get your copy!  LINK

13 Wolf-Rayet Shell Nebula to Observe or Image with 1 Cool Planetary Nebula to make it a 14 list object (No Unlucky Numbers here!)

NGC 2359 Thor's Helmet, Emission Nebula in Canis Major; February 4th, 2016, 9:10pm MST; FR006 Site 1; Antoniadi I, clear, cold, 17 degrees F; 17.5" Dob; 5mm, 7mm, 10mm, 14mm 20mm Pentax XW; 24mm Explore Scientific 82 degrees, 27mm Panoptic; Type II Paracorr; OIII Filter.   

 Here's the Wolf-Rayet Star and Nebula Program I said I was doing. It has 13 of those objects and I included the Fetus Nebula in Cygnus which also has a high speed stellar wind but the main star is a white dwarf that is pushing the outer layers away and it looks cool! That gives us 14 objects and like Bilbo in the Hobbit, that gives us 14 which is not an unlucky number 😉

Head over to Eadsy Astronomy for the program and to get the Google Doc copy or the PDF! LINK