{"id":354,"date":"2016-07-28T06:53:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T05:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=354"},"modified":"2019-06-03T22:36:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T22:36:16","slug":"sky-guide-august-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/28\/sky-guide-august-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Guide August 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4548337\/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\/20160803--Awesome-Astronomys-August-Sky-Guide.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>What to look out, and up, for in August.<\/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> Jupiter takes a bow as it departs until December <\/li><li> Mars &amp; Saturn \u2013 with a long conjunction at the end of August <\/li><li> Mercury &amp; Venus make their way out of the glare of the Sun <\/li><li> Neptune &amp; Uranus on offer in Aquarius &amp; Pisces <\/li><\/ul>\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 August:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> The magnificent Perseids peaking on 11th\/12th August <\/li><li> The 2nd asteroid to be discovered in the asteroid belt, 2 Pallas, reaches opposition on 22nd August reaching magnitude 8.7 and can be found in the constellation Equuelus. <\/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 The Milky Way: Naked eye enjoyment of our home galaxy <\/li><li> Paul \u2013 The Cygnus Loop\/The Veil Nebulae <\/li><li> Ralph \u2013 Albireo \u2013 the most colourful binary star in the sky <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And we finish this sky guide with August\u2019s moon phases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download Episode! 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