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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:
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
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.