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| - | ====== Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for AUGUST 2015 ====== | ||
| - | * August 6 -- Last Quarter (moon absent from evening sky)\\ | ||
| - | * August 8 -- OPEN HOUSE at Farpoint Observatory, JOIN US beginning 8:30 pm\\ | ||
| - | * August 14 -- __**New Moon**__\\ | ||
| - | * August 22 -- First Quarter\\ | ||
| - | * August 27 -- NEKAAL GENERAL MEETING, Topeka Library, 7:00 pm\\ | ||
| - | * August 29 -- Full Moon | ||
| - | ===== PLANETS in August 2015 ===== | ||
| - | Evening Sky: | ||
| - | * **Mercury** -- in west, low | ||
| - | * **Venus** -- in west, very bright | ||
| - | * **Jupiter** -- in west, very bright | ||
| - | * **Saturn** -- in southwest | ||
| - | * **Neptune** -- in east | ||
| - | Midnight: | + | For sky highlights see: |
| - | * **Saturn** -- in southwest | + | |
| - | * **Uranus** -- in east | + | |
| - | * **Neptune** -- in southeast | + | |
| - | Morning Sky: | + | [[http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/|Sky and Telescope's Sky at a glance]] \\ |
| - | * **Venus** -- in east | + | OR \\ |
| - | * **Mars** -- in east | + | [[http://www.astronomy.com/observing/sky-this-week|Astronomy Magazine's Sky This Week]] |
| - | * **Uranus** -- in south | + | |
| - | * **Neptune** -- in southwest | + | |
| - | ===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during August 2015 ===== | ||
| - | North to South, at 9-11 pm: | ||
| - | * **Ursa Minor**, the Little Bear, also the Little Dipper | ||
| - | * **Draco**, the Dragon | ||
| - | * **Hercules** | ||
| - | * **Lyra**, the Lyre | ||
| - | * **Cygnus**, the Swan | ||
| - | * **Aquila**, the Eagle | ||
| - | * **Ophiuchus**, the Serpent Handler | ||
| - | * **Sagittarius**, the Archer | ||
| - | * **Scorpio**, the Scorpion | ||
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| - | ===== SKY EXTRAS in August 2015 ===== | ||
| - | * The Perseid meteor shower is August's big news, peaking the night of August 12/13. It's best after midnight when the radiant is highest, but even around midnight there will be occasional fireballs across the sky. Get a lawn chair, point your feet northeast, have a jacket and/or blanket ready, let your eyes dark-adapt--and look up! | ||
| - | * It's still Saturn season. August gives great evening views of the ringed planet, so get a look through binoculars or better still, a telescope (hint: if the sky is clear at our Open House August 8, someone is sure to have his telescope pointed at Saturn & you'll get a good look). | ||
| - | * The Summer Triangle of stars is back, too. In August evenings, look very high in the eastern sky. | ||
| - | * No comets visible in binoculars from Kansas this month. | ||
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