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August 1st - Full Moon

2nd - Saturn 2-degrees above the Moon in VERY EARLY ie 1 am morning Sky

8th  - Last quarter Moon 

• Jupiter 3-degrees below Moon in early morning sky

10th - Mercury at greatest Elongation 27-degrees in Evening Sky - tough in very bright dusky sky

• 10 Hygiea at opposition m=9.6
• Hygiea is a major asteroid and possible dwarf planet located in the main asteroid belt. With a diameter of 434 kilometres and a mass estimated to be 3% of the total mass of the belt, it is the fourth-largest asteroid in the Solar System by both volume and mass.
• Annibale de Gasparis discovered Hygiea on 12 April 1849. 
• Named after the Greek Goddess of Health.
• On Aquarius Capricornus Border.

13th & 14th - Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks in the early morning hours on these mornings

15th - Old Moon Challenge - You’ll see a sliver of a Moon in morning twilight.

16th -  New Moon / Young Crescent Moon possible in evening twilight

18th - Mars 2-degrees below and right of Moon in evening twilight

24th - First Quarter - Lunar Straight Wall visible - Moon Occults ANtares this evening

What is an Occultation?

From here the Moon Passes in front of Antares in the Daylight sky just a few minutes before Sunset, around 8pm, however, the Moon is readily visible in the daytime around 1st quarter and with the Moon as a guide you might find Antares. We can easily see the reveal at about 9pm when it’s dark.

26th - Asteroid 8 Flora at opposition m= 8.3

• Discovered by J. R. Hind on 18 October 1847.
• The name Flora was proposed by John Herschel, from Flora, the Latin goddess of flowers and gardens.
• Morning Sky Eastern Taurus.

27th - Saturn at opposition - rings are closing in a little…look like little ears when we viewed them in Grasslands.

30th - Full Moon and Saturn 2 degrees above and right of the Moon in evening sky

 

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