Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| Both sides previous revision Previous revision Next revision | Previous revision Last revision Both sides next revision | ||
|
sky_highlights [2016/07/07 21:11] edose add July, remove June 2016 |
sky_highlights [2017/06/28 15:10] admin |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| - | ====== Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for JULY 2016 ====== | ||
| - | * July 4 -- __**New Moon**__\\ | ||
| - | * July 9 -- **Open House** at Farpoint Observatory, 9 pm to ? --> Join us! | ||
| - | * July 11 -- First Quarter\\ | ||
| - | * July 19 -- Full Moon | ||
| - | * July 26 -- Last Quarter | ||
| - | * July 28 -- General Meeting, Topeka Library, 7 pm. Join us! | ||
| - | ===== PLANETS in July 2016 ===== | ||
| - | Evening Sky: | ||
| - | * **Mercury** -- in west (twilight) | ||
| - | * **Venus** -- in west (twilight) | ||
| - | * **Mars** -- in south | ||
| - | * **Jupiter** -- in west | ||
| - | * **Saturn** -- in south | ||
| - | Midnight: | + | For sky highlights see: |
| - | * **Mars** -- in southwest | + | |
| - | * **Saturn** -- in southwest | + | |
| - | * **Neptune** -- in southeast | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | Morning Sky: | + | |
| - | * **Uranus** -- in southeast | + | |
| - | * **Neptune** -- in south | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during July 2016 ===== | + | |
| - | North to South, at 9-11 pm: | + | |
| - | * **Ursa Minor**, the Little Bear, also the Little Dipper | + | |
| - | * **Draco**, the Dragon | + | |
| - | * **Ursa Major**, the Big Bear, also the Big Dipper | + | |
| - | * **Hercules**, the Strong Man | + | |
| - | * **Corona Borealis**, the northern crown, Crown of Ariadne | + | |
| - | * **Ophiuchus**, the Serpent Bearer | + | |
| - | * **Boötes**, the Hunter | + | |
| - | * **Libra**, the Scales | + | |
| - | * **Scorpio**, the Scorpion (see Mars and Saturn there) | + | |
| - | * **Lepus**, the Hare | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ===== SKY EXTRAS in July 2016 ===== | + | |
| - | * **Mercury** is now back in the evening sky, low in the west, best late in the month of July, between low Venus and higher Jupiter | + | |
| - | * No, unfortunately Kansas will not quite be able to see the New Moon occult bright star Aldebaran--we're just a few hundred miles too far north. Still, it should be an interesting apparent conjunction ~ 5 am Friday July 29. | + | |
| - | * **Challenge object** of the month: ex-planet Pluto is at its best in July. At magnitude ~ 14 you're going to need at least an 8" scope, a good eyepiece, and a bit of patience. At least it's warm, so try it now--100 years from now you'll be stuck with finding it in winter. | + | |
| - | * Best **comet** of the month: still PANSTARRS C/2013 X1, should be easily visible in binoculars, very low in the southern sky during evening twilight, all month long. | + | |
| - | * No great meteor showers this month, but there are the delta Aquariids starting July 12-August 23 (New Moon August 2), low in the south. And get ready for the impressive Perseids peaking the night of August 11-12. | + | |
| - | \\ | + | |
| - | ---- | + | |
| - | ---- | + | |
| - | \\ | + | |
| - | ---- | + | |
| - | ---- | + | |
| - | \\ | + | |
| + | [[http://www.astronomy.com/observing/sky-this-week|Astronomy Magazine's Sky This Week]] | ||
