A look at Night Sky in August 2011
July 30th 2011 12:56
Category: Planets
image showing Saturn in the north west with associated stars
The view from the Southern Hemisphere.
These are some of the objects that can be seen druring August.
That is weather permitting, so far I have been fortunate that the clouds have stayed away
The most prominent constellation in the Australian sky at the moment is the Southern Cross.
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Planet Saturn is still visible but it soon make its way to the further west and will start to set
At around 8.30 pm AEST. Jupiter and Mars will make they way into the evening sky the middle of August. Jupiter will rise a little after midnight and climbs high in the southeastern sky at dawn.Making it a great night sky object to observe.
Northern Hemisphere observers
Depending on your location Mars and the setting constellation of Orion can be seen in the east just before dawn. If you don’t like getting up early in the morning then Saturn can be seen low
In the west at 8.00pm local time.
The constellation of Carina Opens a new page Click here to see the Carina Constallation
Planet Earth has reached Aphelion. Aphelion is when the Earth is at its farthest point in its orbit from the Sun making it about 1.6% greater than average.
Seems weird that being Summer in the Northern Hemisphere Earth is at it farthest point from the Sun.
Neptune completes an orbit around the Sun. Neptune completes its first full orbit since it was discovered 165 years ago. Neptune “year” takes 165 Earth years to complete.
For those of you how are interested in observing meteor showers the next few days should see the peak of the Southern Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower. On average about 15-20 meteors per hour can be seen emanating form the constellation of Aquarius although numbers vary from year to year.
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