{"id":1143,"date":"2013-07-28T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T00:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/blog\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2013-07-27T22:31:13","modified_gmt":"2013-07-27T22:31:13","slug":"august-2013-astronomy-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/28\/august-2013-astronomy-events\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2013 astronomy events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u00a1SkyCaramba! Weekly astronomy blog for the week ending August 3, 2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p>August mornings start with Jupiter and Mars still fairly close after last month\u2019s close call. Mercury is below them in the dawn, having been at greatest elongation just before July ended. A waning crescent moon will be by Aldebaran in the east on the 1<sup>st<\/sup>, to the right of Jupiter on the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, and below and right of Mars on the 4<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Mars and Jupiter are moving among the stars of Gemini until Mars is in Cancer at the end of August. You can see the red planet by Wasat in the lower half of the twin Pollux on the 11<sup>th<\/sup>. Jupiter passes by Mebsuta in the twin Castor during the first half of August. It\u2019s between the twins in the second half. Mercury will have disappeared into the sun\u2019s glare by the last days of the month.<\/p>\n<p>In the evening sky, Venus is low above the horizon in the west at sunset. The moon passes Venus on the 10<sup>th<\/sup>. You can find Saturn slowly moving eastward from the much dimmer Kappa Virginis. They are both east of Spica. The moon is by Saturn on the 12<sup>th<\/sup> a few hours after occulting Spica. The occultation is visible in the western Pacific Ocean off the coast of China between Japan and the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>Sagittarius and Scorpio are close to the meridian as darkness sets in during the evening. They\u2019re fairly far south. If you\u2019re far enough south, they\u2019ll appear to be overhead. For those in middle latitudes in the northern hemisphere, they are close to the southern horizon.<\/p>\n<p>One of the best meteor showers of the year for northern hemisphere sky watchers is the Perseids. It will peak during the morning hours around the 12<sup>th<\/sup>. The meteors appear to radiate from close to the Double Cluster in Perseus. In the northern hemisphere, you may see up to 60 meteors per hour. South of the equator, you may still see a few, perhaps 15 to 20 an hour.<\/p>\n<p>The moon is at apogee on the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, perigee on the 19<sup>th<\/sup>, and apogee again on the 30<sup>th<\/sup>. Northern lunistice is on the 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, the moon crosses the equator on the 9<sup>th<\/sup>, southern lunistice occurs on the 16<sup>th<\/sup>, and the moon crosses the equator again on the 22<sup>nd<\/sup>. This month gives us a second northern lunistice on the 29<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>The moon phases this month are new on the 6<sup>th<\/sup>, first quarter on the 14<sup>th<\/sup>, full on the 21<sup>st<\/sup>, and last quarter on the 28<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Mercury goes through perihelion on the 12<sup>th<\/sup>. Neptune is at opposition on the 27<sup>th<\/sup>. Two of the brightest asteroids are at opposition this month: Juno on the 4<sup>th<\/sup> and Iris on the 16<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s your line on what\u2019s going on up there in August 2013. \u00a1SkyCaramba!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August mornings start with Jupiter and Mars still fairly close after last month&#8217;s close call. 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