Podcaster: Shane and Chris
Title: Actual Astronomy: The Observer’s Calendar for August 2025
Organization: Actual Astronomy
Link : https://actualastronomy.podbean.com/ ; https://www.deepskyeye.com/
Description: The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents The Observer’s Calendar for August 2025. In this episode we talk about the Moon pairing with Antares, Saturn, Mars then Antares again! We also talk about finding 4 asteroids at oppositions, Ausonia, Pallas, Julia and Hebe. There is also a great line in the sky formed when Jupiter, Venus and the Moon line up with Castor and Pollux after mid-month.
Bio: Shane and Chris are amateur astronomers who enjoy teaching astronomy classes and performing outreach where they help the eyes of the public to telescope eyepieces.
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Transcript:
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents The Observer’s Calendar for August 2025. In this episode we talk about the Moon pairing with Antares, Saturn, Mars then Antares again! We also talk about finding 4 asteroids at oppositions, Ausonia, Pallas, Julia and Hebe. There is also a great line in the sky formed when Jupiter, Venus and the Moon line up with Castor and Pollux after mid-month.
Aug 1 – Carbon Star V Cyg at it’s best
Aug 2 – Lunar Straight Wall and Eyes of Clavius
Aug 3 – Antares 0.6 N. Of Moon – Ausonia at opposition m=9.3
Aug 6 – Wargetin Pancake visible on Moon
Aug 9 – Full Moon – Mare Orientale – NGC 6723 well placed
Aug 10 – Jupiter and Venus within 2-degrees this week – Pallas at opposition – m=9.4 – Julia at opposition m=8.8
Aug 11 – Neptune, Saturn and Moon congregate in late evening Sky
Aug 12 – 5 am Endymion sunset rays visible on Moon – Perseid meteor Shower
Aug 16 – Last quarter and many star parties over next 2 weeks
Aug 19 – Mercury at greatest elongation 19-degrees from Sun in morning sky
Aug 20 – Jupiter, Venus and Moon line up with Castor and Pollux in morning sky
Aug 21 – Moon & Mercury
Aug 22 – Old crescent moon in east before sunrise – Variable star Khi Cyg at Max mag. =3.3
Aug 25 – Asteroid Hebe at opposition m=7.6
Aug 26 – Mars 3-degrees N of Moon
Aug 31 – Antares 0.7 North of Moon
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