2 July 2025: A new Galaxy, Double Stars, Nebula 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A small, relatively faint but fascinating planetary nebula from Patrick this July. Visible in modest telescopes, larger aperture may provide some detail, but can you spot the central star?
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.
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.
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.
