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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 August ===== | + | |
| - | North to South, at about 10 pm: | + | |
| - | * **Ursa Minor**, the little bear (Polaris, the north star, at end of little dipper's handle) | + | |
| - | * **Draco**, the dragon | + | |
| - | * **Lyra**, the lyre/harp (directly overhead; the bright blue star is Vega) | + | |
| - | * **Hercules**, the warrior (just to Lyra's east) | + | |
| - | * **Ophiuchus**, the serpent bearer | + | |
| - | * **Aquila**, the eagle | + | |
| - | * **Scutum**, the shield | + | |
| - | * **Sagittarius**, the archer (look for the teapot shape, low in the south) | + | |
