{"id":424,"date":"2017-06-28T09:09:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T08:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=424"},"modified":"2019-06-04T21:17:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:17:31","slug":"sky-guide-july-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/28\/sky-guide-july-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Guide July 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5488250\/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\/20170601--Awesome-Astronomys-July-Sky-Guide.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>What to look out, and up, for in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July is here and the summer solstice is just behind us, meaning we\u2019re on the glide slope to every lengthening nights. So the team\u2019s here to pick their highlights for this month\u2019s skies; starting with the planets on offer to observers and imagers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Ralph \u2013 Saturn shows off its moons and favourably tilted rings<\/li><li>Jeni \u2013 Mercury is low in the sky but nicely placed to observe this July<\/li><li>Paul \u2013 Comets C\/2015 er61 Panstarrs and C\/2015 V2 Johnson<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up, we take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Ralph \u2013 The Eagle Nebula in the constellation Serpens<\/li><li>Jeni &#8211;  Colourful binary star Albireo in Cygnus<\/li><li>Paul \u2013 Messier 8, The Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And we finish this sky guide with July\u2019s moon phases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download Episode! What to look out, and up, for in July. 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