Sky Guide July 2017

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


July is here and the summer solstice is just behind us, meaning
we’re on the glide slope to every lengthening nights. So the
team’s here to pick their highlights for this month’s skies;
starting with the planets on offer to observers and imagers:


Ralph – Saturn shows off its moons and favourably tilted
rings

Jeni – Mercury is low in the sky but nicely placed to observe
this July

Paul – Comets C/2015 er61 Panstarrs and C/2015 V2 Johnson



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


Ralph – The Eagle Nebula in the constellation Serpens

Jeni - Colourful binary star Albireo in Cygnus

Paul – Messier 8, The Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius



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