1 July 2025: A new Galaxy, Double Stars and Picture of the Month. Scroll down to take a look.

31 May 2025: Issue 195 of The Deep-Sky Observer (DSO) is now available for subscribers to download

31 May 2025: Wolfgang Steinicke has a new Object of the Season for you to observe

21 April 2025: New images of Messier 82 and Sextans A by David Davies

Our Annual Meeting

Our Annual Meeting for 2025 was held on Saturday the 28th of June 2025 at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge. Thank you to all our helpers, speakers and those who attended and stuck with us in the heat.

So now the work of organising the 2026 Annual Meeting starts. We'll have a date for you as soon as possible, keep watching this space.

Our Publications

The Webb Deep-Sky Society has a wide range of publications on offer.

Mike Swan's excellent Atlas of Open Star Clusters is now available as a single spiral-bound volume. This has a few additions over his earlier volumes 1 and 2.

Owen has added a Volume 2 to his Galaxy of the Month book series. We have a special price for those that choose to buy both volumes.

Issue 195 of The Deep-Sky Observer (DSO) is now available.

Why not join us?

You can now join the Webb Deep-Sky Society online using PayPal. Options include Paper and PDF versions of the Deep-Sky Observer journal, or PDF alone for a reduced price.

Perhaps you'd like to join our groups.io mailing group? Access is limited to members, but you're all welcome.

You can subscribe to our mailing list to receive emailed updates when a new issue is released.

Picture of the Month: Sh2-106 in Cygnus

An image of the emission nebula Sh2-106 in Cygnus courtesy of Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
Image credit: Adam Block

A fabulously detailed image of an interesting object that's high in northern skies at the moment. This emission nebula hides stars from both ends of the extended Morgan–Keenan scale.

Galaxy of the Month: NGC 6207 in Hercules

An image of galaxy NGC 6207 in Hercules provided by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
Image credit: Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)

Owen's chosen a rather bright galaxy on the doorstep of on of this seasons showpieces. In bright summer skies it's hard to see much else, but he's posed a challenge for those that are up for it.

Nebula or Cluster of the Month: NGC 6369 in Ophiuchus

Image of planetary nebula NGC 6369 in Ophiuchus by ESO/P. Weilbacher (AIP)
Image credit: ESO/P. Weilbacher (AIP)

Patrick's back on track with the Milky Way moving into prime observing position, and he's picked a showpiece planetary for those with a medium aperture and perhaps an OIII filter.

Double Stars of the Month: ζ Lyr and WNO 6

Tiny finder chart for the double star zeta Lyrae in Lyra
Image credit: created with Cartes du Ciel

Two double stars that are well separated and excellent targets for smaller telescopes from Bob this July. These fields are rich in doubles, but there's a particular tricky challenge near his southern choice.

Object of the Season: NGC 6543 in Draco

Planetary Nebula NGC 6543 in Draco - Nordic Optical Telescope and Romano Corradi (Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Spain)
Image credit: Nordic Optical Telescope and Romano Corradi (Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Spain)

Wolfgang Steinicke would appreciate your observations of planetary nebula NGC 6543 in Draco for his Object of the Season column in the Deep-Sky Observer.

The Deep-Sky Observer

The cover of The Deep-Sky Observer 194

Profusely illustrated, The Deep-Sky Observer is printed on art paper. Its magazine format encourages all amateurs to make a contribution to the Society's work.

Double Star Section Circulars

The contents page of Double Star Section Circular 28

Double Star Section Circulars (DSSC) feature the latest techniques and measurements from double star observers around the World. They are available as PDFs for free download.

Observations

M61 in Virgo by David Davies
M61 in Virgo by David Davies

Some observations and images provided by amateur astronomers around the globe. We're happy to receive your images, sketches and observations of the deep-sky made in pursuit of your projects.