On the morning of the 8th we will have a nice close conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter. The pairing will rise in the eastern sky around midnight and Jupiter and the Moon will close to within 1 degree of one another by 5am PDT.
On the next morning the Moon will occult the dwarf planet Ceres. Ingress will occur at 12:27am PDT, egress at 1:27am PDT. Since Ceres only shines at 8.8 magnitude seeing it visually next to the Moons bright limb will prove difficult if not impossible especially during ingress. Imagers will certainly have better luck.
Then on the morning of September 12th a slender crescent Moon and Venus will grace the same field.
Last but certainly not least, on the morning of the 13th Venus and M44 (the Beehive cluster) have a close conjunction. Binoculars or a low power telescope view will make this the most dazzling of all.
I have my fingers crossed for clear skies so I can get some good shots and views. If I am successful you can look forward to seeing them here.
Clear skies.
