{"id":630399,"date":"2026-10-14T13:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630399\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T13:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:34:15","slug":"best-deep-sky-photos-of-september-2026-from-earthsky-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630399\/","title":{"rendered":"Best deep-sky photos of September 2026 from EarthSky community"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AView at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Muhammad Alaa<\/a> in Egypt used a smart telescope to capture this view of the Pleiades<\/a> star cluster on September 15, 2026. Muhammad wrote: \u201cOne of the most beautiful open star clusters<\/a> in the night sky, surrounded by stunning blue reflection nebulosity.\u201d Thank you, Muhammad! See more deep-sky photos from September 2026 below.<\/p>\n

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The EarthSky community has many talented astrophotographers who capture stunning images of the deep sky. We gathered some of our favorite deep-sky photos from September 2026 for you to enjoy. Do you have images of your own to share? You can submit them to EarthSky here<\/a>. We\u2019d love to see them and share them!<\/p>\n

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Deep-sky photos of diffuse nebulae<\/p>\n

\"AView at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Ernest Jacobs<\/a> in Eden, New York, captured this telescopic view of nebulae surrounding the star WR134 on September 6. Ernest wrote: \u201cWR 134 (also known as V1769 Cyg) is a Wolf-Rayet star<\/a>: massive, hot and rapidly shedding stellar core in its final stages of life. It has a surface temperature of about 63,000 K [113,000 \u00b0F or 62,700 \u00b0C] and a luminosity<\/a> roughly 400,000 times that of the sun. WR 134 is located in the constellation Cygnus<\/a> about 6,000 light-years<\/a> from Earth. This image was captured over 3 nights with my wide-field deep sky imaging rig from my backyard.\u201d Thank you, Ernest!<\/p>\n

\"AView at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Cody Sandusky<\/a> in Harrisburg, Illinois, used a smart telescope to capture a part of the Veil Nebula<\/a>, in the constellation Cygnus, on September 15. Cody wrote: \u201cNGC 6960, the Western Veil Nebula, captured over 5 nights (approximately 15 hours of integration time) from my back yard.\u201d Thank you, Cody!<\/p>\n

\"AView at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Andy Dungan<\/a> near Cotopaxi, Colorado, captured this telescopic view of the Wizard Nebula, in the constellation Cepheus<\/a>, on September 3. Andy wrote: \u201cI remember taking a pic of the Wizard Nebula 2 years ago. It was basically a red blob. By using narrow-band<\/a> filters I really get more information and can color it in more unique ways.\u201d Thank you, Andy!<\/p>\n

\"TwoView at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Muhammad Alaa<\/a> in Assiut, Egypt, used a smart telescope to capture this view of the Heart and Soul nebulae<\/a> on September 24. Muhammad called this image a labor of love and wrote: \u201cThe Heart and Soul Nebulae (IC 1805 and IC 1848) are two spectacular emission nebulae located in the constellation Cassiopeia<\/a>, filled with glowing hydrogen gas and intricate clouds of interstellar dust. I truly love this image. This one was a little challenging to process, especially bringing out the delicate hydrogen-alpha<\/a> + oxygen III emissions while preserving the natural structure and fine details of the nebulae.\u201d Thank you, Muhammad!<\/p>\n

Deep-sky photos of distant galaxies<\/p>\n

\"WhitishView at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Catherine Hyde<\/a> in Cambria, California, captured this telescopic view of Messier 74, in the constellation Pisces, on September 19. Catherine wrote: \u201cThis is the big, beautiful face-on spiral galaxy M74 in the constellation Pisces<\/a>. This is 134 images, 300 seconds each, stacked, for a little over 11 hours of total integration time. I took it over four nights because of weather conditions.\u201d Thank you, Catherine!<\/p>\n

Read more: Messier objects are fuzzy patches in the night sky<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Large,View at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Jeremy Likness<\/a> in Newport, Oregon, captured this telescopic view of the Andromeda galaxy<\/a> on September 10. Jeremy wrote: \u201cThe numbers are mind-numbing. 2.5 million light years? One trillion stars? This week had a run of clear, dark skies. Though I\u2019m not in a position to travel from our Newport home, the garage roof was just fine to capture my target: M31, the Andromeda galaxy. Our nearest galactic neighbor is also enthusiastically approaching us at a rate of 250,000 miles per hour, on track to collide after the estimated billion years it will take to cross the estimated 250 million light years between our galaxies. And this is the busy neighborhood!\u201d Thank you, Jeremy!<\/p>\n

Galaxy NGC 7331 with supernova 2026aaiv<\/p>\n

\"Large,View at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Ernest Jacobs<\/a> in North Java, New York, captured this telescopic view of galaxy NGC 7331 with supernova 2026aaiv on September 11. Ernest wrote: \u201cThis data was captured on Friday 9\/11\/2026 at our club\u2019s observatory following our September member meeting. This is my processing of the data. SN2026aaiv was discovered in NGC 7331 on 9\/1\/2026. It is a Type Ia supernova<\/a>. There was another Type Ia supernova in NGC 7331 discovered last July. NGC 7331 is in the constellation Pegasus<\/a> and is about 45 million light-years from Earth. NGC 7331 is the most prominent galaxy in the NGC 7331 Group (a.k.a. The Deer Lick Group). The smaller galaxies surrounding it are sometimes referred to as The Fleas.\u201d Thank you, Ernest!<\/p>\n

\"Large,View at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Dominique Gering<\/a> in Belgium captured this telescopic view of galaxy NGC 7331 with supernova 2026aaiv on September 10. Dominique wrote: \u201cHere is a galaxy that closely resembles our own (the Milky Way<\/a>) in both shape and size. Located in the constellation Pegasus, NGC 7331 (its nickname) exhibits different activity; specifically, supernovae explosions occur there more frequently than in our own galaxy. A supernova marks the end of a star more massive than our sun. In this particular case, it is the thermonuclear explosion of a white dwarf<\/a> that is accreting material stripped from a neighboring star. The bright star (named SN 2026aaiv) visible near the core appeared suddenly on September 1st. It will shine for a few weeks or months before \u201cfading out.\u201d Supernova explosions were also observed there last year, as well as in 2014, 2013, and 1959. The galaxy lies approximately 45 million light-years away from us.\u201d Thank you, Dominique!<\/p>\n

\"Large,View at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Steven Bellavia<\/a> in Smithfield, Virginia, captured this telescopic view of galaxy NGC 7331 with supernova 2026aaiv on September 8. Steven wrote: \u201cSupernova SN2026aaiv is a Type Ia supernova, in galaxy NGC 7331 discovered by ATLAS on September 1st (exploding around 44 million years ago, and the light just reaching us now). Last year\u2019s SN2025rbs, also a type Ia supernova, was the brightest of 2025, and in the same host galaxy! That is rare. Typically galaxies can go 100 years or more between supernovae.\u201d Thank you, Steven!<\/p>\n

\"Large,View at EarthSky Community Photos<\/a>. | Robert Pettengill<\/a> in Lampasas, Texas captured this telescopic view of galaxy NGC 7331 with supernova 2026aaiv on September 10. Robert wrote: \u201cNGC 7331 is the largest of the Deer Lick group of galaxies in Pegasus. On Sept 1 the ATLAS asteroid warning network detected a type 1A supernova, SN 2026 aaiv near its center. I was out at Bad Wolf Ranch, near Lampasas, Texas, imaging the Deer Lick group along with nearby Stephan\u2019s Quintet<\/a> on August 13 and September 10 when I captured this image.\u201d Thank you, Robert!<\/p>\n

Bottom line: Enjoy this gallery of deep-sky photos from September 2026 by our EarthSky community. If you have a great photo to share, we\u2019d love to see it!<\/p>\n

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Armando is known primarily as an astronomy educator, after 30+ years of extensive public outreach and 10 years teaching in colleges. As one of only a handful of science communicators in Puerto Rico during Comet Halley’s last visit, he assumed a pioneering role starting in 1985 when science was just beginning to enter the collective mindset. Over the years, his work as a teacher, speaker and writer, inspired people to pursue interests in science and brought enduring change to Puerto Rican culture. After being accepted into the 2014\u20132015 Antarctic season of PolarTREC, Armando was assigned to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, where in 2015 he successfully conducted 10 days of work at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. His affiliations include Ana G. M\u00e9ndez University, Cupey campus (2014 to 2021), the University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla campus (2015 to 2017), NASA JPL’s Solar System Ambassadors (2004 to 2006), and NASA Space Grant (2017 to 2019) where he served as an affiliate representative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Muhammad Alaa in Egypt used a smart telescope to capture this view…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[111,139,69,147,10893],"class_list":["post-630399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-todays-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}