{"id":348,"date":"2016-06-28T08:55:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T07:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=348"},"modified":"2019-06-03T22:29:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T22:29:57","slug":"sky-guide-july-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/28\/sky-guide-july-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Guide July 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4475712\/height\/360\/theme\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/\" height=\"360\" width=\"100%\" placement=\"top\" theme=\"standard\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe><br \/><br \/><br \/><a class=\"libsyn-download-link\" href =\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/awesomeastronomy\/2016_July_Sky_Guide.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>What to look out, and up, for in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our highlights of this month\u2019s skies with the planet on offer to observers and imagers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> Mars <\/li><li> Saturn <\/li><li> A Venus conjunction <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And a few tips on how to take images of the solar system\u2019s largest bodies with a webcam, planetary imaging camera or DSLR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up is the meteor showers and, due to the long daylight hours and dearth of cometary debris in this part of Earth\u2019s orbit this time of year, we only have one shower of note in July:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> Delta Aquariids peaking 28th\/29th July <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we each take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> Jeni \u2013 NGC6826: The Blinking Star Nebula <\/li><li> Ralph \u2013 Epsilon Lyrae: The Double Double <\/li><li> Paul \u2013 M22, a globular Cluster in Sagittarius. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And we finish this sky guide with July\u2019s moon phases and planetary conjunctions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download Episode! 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