Sky Guide August 2018

What to look out, and up, for in August.


With no Jeni this month, Ralph & Paul pick their highlights
for this month’s skies; starting with the solar system objects on
offer to observers and imagers:


Mars just past opposition as impressive as last month

A round up of the other planets on view

The Perseid Meteor Shower peaking on 12/13th August



Next up, we take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for
this time of year:


Open clusters Messier 11 & Messier 26 in Scutum

Globular cluster NGC6712 & planetary nebula IC1295 in
Scutum

Peculiar galaxy NGC7727 in Aquarius



And we finish this sky guide with August’s moon phases.