Night Sky Highlights: August 2019
Here are some of the things to see in August:
Albireo
Tulip Nebula
The Tulip Nebula (Sharpless 101) is an emission nebula located in Cygnus constellation. It lies at an approximate distance of 6,000 light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 9.0. It occupies an area of 16 x 9 arc minutes of apparent sky and has a linear diameter of about 70 light years. … [Read more…]
The Night Sky This Month: August
Here are some of the things to see in August:
August Night Sky
Here are some of the things to see in August:
Night Sky Highlights in August
Here are some of the things to see in August:
Highlights of the August Sky
Here are some of the things to see in August:
Northern Cross
The Northern Cross is a prominent asterism formed by the brightest stars in the constellation Cygnus. The constellation is often confused for the asterism because the Northern Cross is much easier to find than the entire constellation.
Highlights of the Night Sky in August
Here are some of the highlights of the night sky in August: 9 PM southern sky – Mars and Saturn moving toward the western horizon after sunset, moving closer together as the month progresses 9 PM western sky – August 31 – Mars, Saturn and the crescent Moon in a triple conjunction 5:45 AM eastern … [Read more…]
Summer Triangle
The Summer Triangle is one of the most familiar patterns in the northern summer night sky. The three bright stars that mark the vertices of the Summer Triangle are Altair, Deneb, and Vega, the brightest stars in the constellations Aquila, Cygnus, and Lyra. The star pattern makes it easy to locate each of the three … [Read more…]
Deneb
Deneb, Alpha Cygni, is the brightest star in Cygnus constellation and the most distant of all first magnitude stars. Deneb is a luminous blue supergiant. It is one of the stars that form the Summer Triangle, along with Altair in Aquila constellation and Vega in Lyra. Deneb is also the brightest star of the Northern … [Read more…]