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| - | ====== Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for AUGUST 2016 ====== | ||
| - | * August 2 -- __**New Moon**__\\ | ||
| - | * August 10 -- First Quarter\\ | ||
| - | * August 18 -- Full Moon | ||
| - | * August 24 -- Last Quarter | ||
| - | * August 25 -- General Meeting, Topeka Library, 7 pm. Join us! | ||
| - | * August 27 -- **Open House** at Farpoint Observatory, 8:30 pm to ? --> Join us! | ||
| - | ===== PLANETS in August 2016 ===== | ||
| - | Evening Sky: | ||
| - | * **Mercury** -- in west (twilight) | ||
| - | * **Venus** -- in west (twilight) | ||
| - | * **Mars** -- in south | ||
| - | * **Jupiter** -- in west | ||
| - | * **Saturn** -- in south | ||
| - | * **Neptune** -- in east | ||
| - | Midnight: | + | For sky highlights see: |
| - | * **Mars** -- in southwest | + | |
| - | * **Saturn** -- in southwest | + | |
| - | * **Uranus** -- in east | + | |
| - | * **Neptune** -- in southeast | + | |
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| - | Morning Sky: | + | |
| - | * **Uranus** -- in south | + | |
| - | * **Neptune** -- in southwest | + | |
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| - | ===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during August 2016 ===== | + | |
| - | North to South, at 9-11 pm: | + | |
| - | * **Ursa Minor**, the Little Bear, also the Little Dipper | + | |
| - | * **Cepheus**, the | + | |
| - | * **Draco**, the Dragon | + | |
| - | * **Cygnus**, the Swan | + | |
| - | * **Lyra**, the Lyre | + | |
| - | * **Sagitta**, the Arrow | + | |
| - | * **Aquila**, the Eagle | + | |
| - | * **Delphinus**, the Dolphin | + | |
| - | * **Ophiuchus**, the Serpent Bearer | + | |
| - | * **Sagittarius**, the Archer | + | |
| - | * **Capricornus**, the Sea-Goat | + | |
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| - | ===== SKY EXTRAS in August 2016 ===== | + | |
| - | * LOTS of evening planets in August! Check out the planet list above. | + | |
| - | * August 23, Antares, Mars, and Saturn line up vertically in the southern sky, best seen about 30 minutes after sundown. | + | |
| - | * And a very close approach of Venus and Jupiter, August 27, in the west twilight about 45 minutes after sunset. | + | |
| - | * No bright comets are readily visible this August from Kansas. You might be able to see periodic comet 9P/Tempel, low in the western twilight just after sundown, but you'll need a 8-10" scope...and patience. | + | |
| - | * The Perseids (meteor shower), often the best of the year, peak the nights of August 11 and 12. | + | |
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| + | [[http://www.astronomy.com/observing/sky-this-week|Astronomy Magazine's Sky This Week]] | ||
