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| * August 21 Last Quarter\\ | * August 21 Last Quarter\\ | ||
| * August 28 **New Moon** | * August 28 **New Moon** | ||
| - | ===== PLANETS visible in August ===== | + | ===== PLANETS in August ===== |
| - | * **Venus** -- not visible in August (behind Sun) | + | * **Venus** is not visible in August (behind Sun) |
| Evening Sky: | Evening Sky: | ||
| * **Saturn** -- western sky, early evening | * **Saturn** -- western sky, early evening | ||
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| * **Jupiter** -- rises about 10 pm | * **Jupiter** -- rises about 10 pm | ||
| * **Mars** -- rises about 1-2 am | * **Mars** -- rises about 1-2 am | ||
| - | ===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during July ===== | + | ===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during August ===== |
| North to South, at about 10 pm: | North to South, at about 10 pm: | ||
| * **Ursa Minor**, the little bear (Polaris, the north star, at end of little dipper's handle) | * **Ursa Minor**, the little bear (Polaris, the north star, at end of little dipper's handle) | ||
| - | * **Cepheus**, | + | * **Draco**, the dragon |
| - | * **Cygnus**, the swan (directly overhead) | + | * **Lyra**, the lyre/harp (directly overhead; the bright blue star is Vega) |
| - | * **Delphinus**, the warrior | + | * **Hercules**, the warrior (just to Lyra's east) |
| - | * **Aquarius**, | + | * **Ophiuchus**, the serpent bearer |
| - | * **Capricornus**, the goat | + | * **Aquila**, the eagle |
| + | * **Scutum**, the shield | ||
| + | * **Sagittarius**, the archer (look for the teapot shape, low in the south) | ||
| + | ===== EXTRAS in August ===== | ||
| + | * After a real dry spell in lunar occultations, August offers THREE! | ||
| + | * August 5 (9:56 pm near Topeka): the moon's dark limb covers a 5.9 magnitude star. You'll need binoculars to see this. | ||
| + | * August 8 (10:43 pm near Topeka): the moon's dark limb covers a 5.1 magnitude star. You'll need binoculars for this one, too, because of the Moon's glow. | ||
| + | * August 10 (8:32 pm near Topeka): A very bright star (magnitude 2.9 pi Sagittari) is covered by the gibbous moon's dark limb. This is the brightest-star **occultation** in many months, and should be visible naked-eye, even though it will be a nearly full moon, still in twilight, and only 18 degrees above the southeast horizon. | ||
| + | * Asteroid **Vesta** is the brightest asteroid we'll see until 2018. The asteroid probe has just gone into orbit around this one. It's visible in binoculars all month, in the west side of constellation Capricornus (southern sky in evenings). | ||
