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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:
- Mars – in southwest
- Saturn – in southwest
- Uranus – in east
- Neptune – in southeast
Morning Sky:
- Uranus – in south
- Neptune – in southwest
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
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.
