Night Sky Highlights: July 2019
Here are some of the highlights of the July sky:
Antares
The Night Sky This Month: July
Here are some of the things to see in July:
July Night Sky
Here are some of the things to see in July:
Night Sky Highlights in August
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Night Sky Highlights in July
Here are some of the things to see this month:
VY Canis Majoris
VY Canis Majoris (VY CMa) is an exceptionally large, luminous red hypergiant star located in the constellation Canis Major. With a radius about 1,420 times that of the Sun, corresponding to a diameter of 13.2 astronomical units, VY Canis Majoris is one of the largest known stars in the Milky Way. The star lies at … [Read more…]
Prawn Nebula
The Prawn Nebula, also known as IC 4628 and Gum 56, is an emission nebula located in the constellation Scorpius. It has an apparent magnitude of 7.31 and lies at a distance of 6,000 light years from Earth. Located to the south of Antares, the nebula is about 250 light years in diameter, corresponding to … [Read more…]
Teapot
The Teapot is a prominent asterism in the southern sky, formed by the brightest stars of the southern constellation Sagittarius.
Highlights of the Night Sky in July
Here are some of the things to see in July:
Regulus
Regulus, also known as Alpha Leonis, is the brightest star in the constellation Leo and the 21st brightest star in the night sky. It has an apparent magnitude of 1.35 and lies at a distance of 79.3 light years, or 24.3 parsecs, from Earth. Alpha Leonis is not really a single star, but a multiple star … [Read more…]