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| * 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 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 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. | + | * 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). | + | * 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). |
