Actual Astronomy - The Observer’s Calendar for August 2025

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur
astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com


The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents The Observer’s Calendar for
August 2025. In this episode we talk about the Moon pairing with
Antares, Saturn, Mars then Antares again! We also talk about
finding 4 asteroids at oppositions, Ausonia, Pallas, Julia and
Hebe. There is also a great line in the sky formed when Jupiter,
Venus and the Moon line up with Castor and Pollux after
mid-month.


 


Aug 1 - Carbon Star V Cyg at it’s best


Aug 2 - Lunar Straight Wall and Eyes of Clavius


Aug 3 - Antares 0.6 N. Of Moon - Ausonia at opposition m=9.3


Aug 6 - Wargetin Pancake visible on Moon


Aug 9 - Full Moon - Mare Orientale - NGC 6723 well placed


Aug 10 - Jupiter and Venus within 2-degrees this week - Pallas at
opposition - m=9.4 - Julia at opposition m=8.8


Aug 11 - Neptune, Saturn and Moon congregate in late evening Sky


Aug 12 - 5 am Endymion sunset rays visible on Moon - Perseid
meteor Shower


Aug 16 - Last quarter and many star parties over next 2 weeks


Aug  19 - Mercury at greatest elongation 19-degrees from Sun
in morning sky


Aug 20 - Jupiter, Venus and Moon line up with Castor and Pollux
in morning sky


Aug 21 - Moon & Mercury 


Aug 22 - Old crescent moon in east before sunrise - Variable star
Khi Cyg at Max mag. =3.3


Aug 25 - Asteroid Hebe at opposition m=7.6


Aug 26 - Mars 3-degrees N of Moon


Aug 31 - Antares 0.7 North of Moon


 


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