Date | Event |
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August 29 | First Quarter |
August 30 | Saturn 4°S of Moon |
The Moon has gone from New (during the eclipse) to First Quarter by Tuesday. I always say the first quarter is my favourite phase because it is out at a reasonable time in the evening and has many interesting structures along the terminator.
First Quarter Moon |
Saturn |
Neptune is becoming an easier target as it approaches opposition later next week. Unfortunately its opposition is polluted out by the light of the near Full Moon. When the Moon moves far enough to the East I will try to find it for the first time in 2017. It sits just over a degree away from Lambda Aquarii, a naked eye star in Aquarius. It is just outside the field of view with my 25mm eyepiece on my 8" reflector telescope but will fit tidily inside my 41mm Panoptic eyepiece.
Pisces is also rising in the East and will give us a good shot and finding Uranus. Uranus sits about the same distance from the naked eye Omicron Piscium as Neptune is away from Lambda Aquarii. I'll give that one a shot with my 41mm as well.
Of course Andromeda is coming up too and many can have the chance to naked eye M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy from their favourite dark site.
M31 - Andromeda Galaxy |
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