August Night Sky
Here are some of the things to see in August:
Messier 57
Night Sky Highlights in August
Here are some of the things to see in August:
Dumbbell Nebula – Messier 27
The Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 27 (M27), is a bright, large planetary planetary nebula located in Vulpecula constellation. The nebula lies at a distance of 1,360 light years from Earth. It is sometimes also called the Apple Core Nebula or Diablo Nebula, and has the designation NGC 6853 in the New General Catalogue. The … [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…]
The Night Sky in August
Here are the highlights of the night sky in August: 8:30 PM western sky – Venus over the western horizon at twilight, and Saturn slightly higher in the sky, moving toward the western horizon in the evening 10 PM southeastern sky – Lyra constellation with the bright stars Vega and Epsilon Lyrae (the Double Double), … [Read more…]
Ring Nebula (M57) in Lyra
The Ring Nebula, or Messier 57, is a famous planetary nebula located in Lyra constellation, south of Vega, the fifth brightest star in the sky. The nebula was formed about 4,000 years ago, when the central star, a red giant, ejected a shell of ionized gas in the final stage of its evolution before becoming … [Read more…]