In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and Mercury.
- Meteors: a few Piscids, perhaps.
- The Autumnal Equinox
- September 2018 Sky Charts
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Continuing the tour of stellar objects crossing the meridian line in August: a star and three open clusters from constellations lying in the South, currently above Mars and Saturn:
- Star: Epsilon Lyrae, in Lyra
- Cluster: NGC 6633 in Ophiuchus
- Cluster: Graff's Cluster (IC 4756) in Serpens
- Cluster: Wild Duck Cluster (M11, NGC 6705) in Scutum
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In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and Mercury.
- Meteors: Perseids
- August 2018 Sky Charts
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Continuing the tour of stellar objects crossing the meridian line this month: three objects from the constellation of Hercules:
- Planetary Nebula: Turtle (or NGC 6502)
- Globular Cluster: M92 (NGC 6341)
- Star: Alpha Herculis (or 'Rasalgethi' - ‘the kneeler’s head’)
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In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars at Opposition.
- Meteors: Capri-Cornids, Alpha-Cygnids- Delta-Aquarids
- Lunar Eclipse
- July 2018 Sky Charts
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Continuing the tour of stellar objects crossing the meridian line this month: two globular clusters from the constellations Serpens and Scorpius.
- Globular Cluster: M5 (NGC 5904)
- Globular Cluster: M4 (NGC 6121)
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In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn
- Meteors: Ophiuchids, June Lyrids
- Summer Solstice
- Noctilucent Cloud
- June 2018 Sky Charts
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Continuing the tour of stellar objects crossing the meridian line this month: two objects from the small 'Hunting Dogs' Galaxy, officially called 'Canes Venatici'
- Star: Cor Coroli or ‘Charles's Heart’.
- Galaxy: Sunflower Galaxy (M63 or NGC 5055)
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In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn
- Meteors: eta Aquarids, Orionids
- May 2018 Sky Charts
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Continuing the tour of stellar objects crossing the meridian line this month: a double-star in the 'Sickle' of Leo, a field barred spiral galaxy also in Leo, knwon to its friends as "NGC 2903"; and the 'Ghost of Jupiter' planetary nebula in Hydra.
- Star: Algieba: the ‘The Lion's Mane’.
- Galaxy: NGC 2903. Discovered by William Herschel in 1784, this barred spiral galaxy lies in Leo near the top of the lion's head, to the right of the sickle asterism
- Nebula: NGC 3242 - ‘Ghost of Jupiter’ nebula.
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Moon Phases
Today's Astronomy Times
Whitby, 2 Aug 2025 - 20:54
| Sun | Rise | Set |
|---|---|---|
| Actual | 05:17 | 21:00 |
| Civil Twilight | 04:32 | 21:45 |
| Nautical Twilight | 03:29 | 22:47 |
| Astronomical Twilight | 01:16 | 01:00 |
| Moon | Rise | Set |
|---|---|---|
| 15:58 | 23:11 |