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what's up for august grab your

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binoculars for planet viewing the

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outlook for the perseids and flying with

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cygnus the swan

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the morning planet parade we've been

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enjoying the past few months comes to an

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end in august with venus and saturn

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making their exits on opposite sides of

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the sky

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but that still leaves mars and jupiter

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high overhead to enjoy

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in fact august begins with a close

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conjunction of the red planet and

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distant ice giant planet uranus

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uranus can be difficult to find without

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a self-guided telescope but it's an easy

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object for binoculars if you know where

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to look

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and on the first you'll find the tiny

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bluish disk of uranus just northwest of

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mars in the morning sky they'll easily

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fit in the same field of view through

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binoculars

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moving on to the morning of the 15th

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you'll find the moon only a finger's

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width from jupiter

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like mars and uranus they'll make a

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great pairing through binoculars and

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you'll also likely catch a glimpse of

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jupiter's four largest moons

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the moon then works its way eastward to

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join mars on august 19th

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this is another nice pairing for

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binoculars plus you'll find the pair

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super close to the pleiades you may even

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be able to fit them all into the same

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view

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moving to the evening sky saturn is

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transitioning from a late night and

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early morning object to an all night

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sight

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it's rising as night falls in august

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look low in the east around 9 00 pm to

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find it as a steady yellowish point of

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light

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you'll find that the ring planet rises a

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bit earlier each night over the course

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of the month

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saturn's at opposition this month

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meaning it's directly on the opposite

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side of earth from the sun

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it's around this time when the ringed

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planet appears its biggest and brightest

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for the year

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by the end of the month you'll start to

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notice jupiter rising around 9 pm to

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join saturn

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this means jupiter will be pulling

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double duty as an early evening object

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appearing in the eastern sky and an

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early morning one appearing in the west

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the perseid meteors are an annual event

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many of us skywatchers look forward to

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as they often produce lots of shooting

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stars for us to enjoy

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unfortunately this year all but the

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brightest perseids will be washed out by

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a full moon on the peak night of august

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12th

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so this is probably not the year to make

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a special trip in order to see the

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perseids but if you find yourself

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outside between midnight and dawn on

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august 13th don't forget to look up

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anyway because you never know you might

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just catch one of the bright perseid

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meteors that defies the glare of the

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moon

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and don't forget the occasional early

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perseid can streak across the sky as

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much as a week beforehand

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you'll find the constellation cygnus the

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swan flying high in the eastern sky

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after dark in august

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cygnus has an overall shape like a t or

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cross and contains a star pattern

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sometimes called the northern cross

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cygnus is anchored by its brightest star

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deneb which represents the swan's tail

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deneb is the northernmost of the three

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stars in the summer triangle and it's

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visible even in bright city skies

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on the other end of cygnus from deneb is

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double star alberio which is a

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stargazing favorite as it shows

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beautiful blue and gold colors even

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through the most modest telescope

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now cygnus lies right along the plane of

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the milky way so it's dense with

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glittering stars and dark dust clouds

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with lots of interest for telescope

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observers and astrophotographers to

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enjoy including the north america nebula

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the veil nebula and the blinking

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planetary nebula

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it also includes the open star clusters

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m29 and m39 which are visible with

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binoculars

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however you're observing the sky where

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you live august is a great time to

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discover the constellation cygnus the

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graceful swan soaring across the dusty

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lanes of the milky way

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here are the phases of the moon for

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stay up to date with all of nasa's

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missions to explore the solar system and

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beyond at nasa.gov

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i'm preston dykes from nasa's jet

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propulsion laboratory and that's what's