Deep sky challenge - Sizzling summer's clusters and nebulae

Glittering star clusters, a dead star’s corpse and a beautiful double star can all be seen this month

Many sky-watchers think the summer sky is just too bright to allow for observation of faint and fuzzy deep-sky objects, but if you stay up late enough the sky is just dark enough to let you see some lovely sights through a telescope. Around one or two in the morning – providing the sky you’re under isn’t too marred by the glow of light pollution – a telescope will give you very pleasing views of some of astronomy's most famous objects.