An international society of amateur and professional
astronomers specialising in the observation of double
stars and 'deep sky' objects founded in 1967.
Membership is open to anyone who shares the interests
of the Society.
Sadly due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic we've taken the decision to cancel our meeting planned for Saturday the 13th of June 2020 in Cambridge. We plan to be back in 2021, but it's too early to set a date yet, so watch this space...
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.
More challenging galaxies this month from Owen. This wonderful spiral will be hard, but there's plenty of smaller galaxies to hunt and interaction too.
Image credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)
Patrick's kicking off a new year with 3 (or 4?) open clusters in Gemini and a well known variable nebula in Monoceros for you to observe. Something for everyone.
Wolfgang Steinicke would appreciate your observations of the NGC 160, NGC 169 and IC 1559 galaxy trio in Andromeda for his Object of the Season column in the Deep-Sky Observer.
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 (DSSC) feature the latest techniques and measurements from double star observers around the World. They are available as PDFs for free download.
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.