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-====== ​Sky Highlights for AUGUST 2011 ====== +====== ​PlayGround ​====== 
-  * //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+