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OWATONNA – September signals the end of summer and the beginning of autumn. September presents the luminous planets Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars in the evening sky.
Venus extremely bright is very low in the west, while the sky is darkening. Venus goes to bed about an hour after sunset at the beginning of the month, but only half an hour after sunset at the end of the month.
The yellowish Jupiter is brilliant, but much darker than Venus and has only one hand width (held at arm's length) away from Jupiter. Jupiter is low in the southwest evening sky as the sky darkens and is to the right of the Scorpius constellation. Jupiter establishes at around 22 hours earlier this month, but sets almost 2 hours earlier at the end of the month.
Yellowish Saturn continues to be above the teapot form of the Scorpius constellation in the southern evening sky. Saturn goes to bed around midnight this month.
Reddish Mars begins low September in the southeastern sky and slightly brighter than Jupiter. Mars continues to be incredibly brighter than normal, but it drops considerably at the end of September. Mars goes to bed west after midnight.
September sky events
• September 13: In the evening, the Moon, Jupiter and the star Alpha Librae (sometimes called Zubenelgenubi) form an equilateral triangle.
• September 14: In the evening sky, the Moon is at the top left of Jupiter with Saturn at the far left of the Moon.
• September 15: In the evening sky, the almost first quarter moon is above the red star Antares, which is the heart of Scorpius in the constellation Scorpius Scorpio. Saturn is on the far right of the moon and Saturn is on the far left of the moon.
• September 16-17: In the evening sky, the first quarter of the moon is to the right of Saturn on the 16th and to the left of Saturn on the 17th.
• 19-21 September: In the evening sky, the almost full moon is above reddish Mars on the 19th and left of Mars on the 20th and 21st.
• September 22: the fall starts at 8:54 pm CDT
• September 29: in the evening sky in the east, around 11 pm, the Moon is less than a finger wide (held at arm's length) away from the orange star Aldebaran.
For more information, join the monthly meeting of the Steele County Astronomical Society Club. Club meetings are held on the first Thursday of the month at 18:30. in the Gainey Room of the Public Library. Free star charts will be provided.
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