Sky Guide August 2017

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


Ralph & Paul pick their highlights for this month’s skies;
starting with the solar system objects on offer to observers and
imagers:


Dwarf Planet Ceres for small telescopes in the constellation
Gemini

Saturn in the evening, Venus at dawn and Uranus high up in
Pisces

The long anticipated total solar eclipse for observers in the
United States

The Perseid meteor shower peaking on the night of 12/13th
August.



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


Ralph – Globular Cluster Messier 56 between Lyra & Cygnus

Paul – Peculiar Galaxy NGC7727 in Aquarius.



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