Astrophiz131-AugustSkyGuide

Published: Aug. 1, 2021, 2:09 a.m.

b"August Skyguide with Dr Ian \\u2018Astroblog\\u2019 Musgrave\\nIn Eastern evening skies, magnificent Saturn and Jupiter loom large in opposition.\\nOver in the West, Venus has a nice encounter with a fine crescent moon on the 11th.\\nAlso in the west, brilliant but half-phased Venus dominates our evening skies for everyone, and if you have a low western horizon you\\u2019ll see Mercury catching up with Mars on the 19th and counterintuitively is actually brighter than Mars for a while.\\nThe centre of our Milky Way galaxy is directly overhead (and Ian has tips for avoiding getting a crick in your neck ;)\\n\\nFor early risers, Saturn and Jupiter are also looking fine over in the West.\\n\\nIn Ian\\u2019s Tangent, we hear how planets, and even the moon, have have been mistaken for other objects and recommends safe evening walks to re-familiarise ourselves with all the celestial wonders that gaze down on us with their awe-inspiring indifference.\\n\\nIan\\u2019s \\u2018Astroblogger' website and \\u2018Southern Skywatch\\u2019 both come up as the first result in all search engines."