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- | ====== Sky Highlights for AUGUST 2011 ====== | + | |
- | * //July 30 **New Moon**//\\ | + | |
- | * August 6 First Quarter and **Farpoint Open House**\\ | + | |
- | * August 10 Bright star occultation (see **Extras**, below) | + | |
- | * August 13 Full Moon (the "Grain Moon", or "Green Corn Moon")\\ | + | |
- | * August 21 Last Quarter\\ | + | |
- | * August 28 **New Moon** | + | |
- | ===== PLANETS visible in August ===== | + | |
- | * **Venus** -- not visible in August (behind Sun) | + | |
- | Evening Sky: | + | |
- | * **Saturn** -- western sky, early evening | + | |
- | Morning Sky: | + | |
- | * **Mercury** -- emerges from dawn sunglow about August 27 | + | |
- | * **Jupiter** -- rises about 10 pm | + | |
- | * **Mars** -- rises about 1-2 am | + | |
- | ===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during July ===== | + | |
- | North to South, at about 10 pm: | + | |
- | * **Ursa Minor**, the little bear (Polaris, the north star, at end of little dipper's handle) | + | |
- | * **Cepheus**, | + | |
- | * **Cygnus**, the swan (directly overhead) | + | |
- | * **Delphinus**, the warrior | + | |
- | * **Aquarius**, | + | |
- | * **Capricornus**, the goat | + |