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Orion's Starchart for

August 2010 in BW or Colour

September 2010 in BW or Colour

How To Use These Charts

This chart depicts the evening sky for the times indicated. The edge represents the horizon; the chart's center is the point overhead. Hold a printout of the chart out in front of you so the horizon marked with the direction you're facing is down. Then match the stars on the map with the real stars in the sky.

This chart show the sky as seen from 40 degrees north latitude. When viewing from a lower latitude, stars in the southern sky will appear higher above the horizon while those in the northern sky will be lower. When viewing from a latitude higher than 40 degrees, the opposite will be true.

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* Lunar phase times are listed for the U.S. Central Time Zone

Wednesday, August 25

One of the first deep-sky objects of summer that new telescope owners learn to find is the Ring Nebula, M57, because its location is so well marked in Lyra. But have you looked in on Lyra's other Messier object, the globular cluster M56? See the chart with Gary Seronik's Binocular Highlight article in the August Sky & Telescope, page 45.

Although they look close together, Jupiter is 1,500 times farther from us than the Moon is when they pass on the 26th and 27th.

Thursday, August 26

The "star" below the Moon late this evening is Jupiter, as shown at right.

 

Friday, August 27

Low in the west-southwest in twilight, Venus forms the bottom of a flat, symmetrical triangle with much fainter Mars and Spica a little higher. Binoculars help. Jupiter shines to the right of the Moon once they rise after dark, as shown here.

 

Saturday, August 28

The Venus-Spica-Mars triangle low in the west-southwest in twilight is distorting now, as Spica moves closer to Venus.
 


 

 

Meteor showers still to come in 2010

October 7, 8, 2010 Draconids
The radiant point of the Draconid meteor shower almost coincides with the head of the constellation Draco the Dragon, in the northern sky. That’s why it is best viewed from the northern hemisphere. This shower is a real oddity, in the respect that its radiant point is highest in the sky as darkness falls. The shower is definitely a sleeper, producing only a handful of languid meteors per hour in most years. But watch out if the dragon awakes! On occasion, fiery Draco has been known to spew forth hundreds – if not thousands – of meteors in a single hour. An outburt is not predicted for this year, but then, one never knows when an outburt may occur. Since the new moon will fall on October 7, we’re guaranteed of dark nights for observing these meteors. Unlike most meteor showers, more Draconid meteors are likely to fly in the evening than in the morning hours after midnight. Look northward for the very slow-moving Draconid meteors on the evenings of October 7 and 8..

October 21, 2010 Orionids
The almost full moon makes 2010 a very unfavorable year for watching the Orionid meteor shower. Meteor enthusiasts may try their luck anyway. The Orionids tend to be fast, occasionally leaving persistent trains and producing bright fireballs. On a dark, moonless night, this shower exhibits a maximum of about 15 meteors per hour. If you trace these meteors backward, they seem to originate from the north of Orion’s bright ruddy star Betelgeuse. The Orionids have a broad and irregular peak that is difficult to predict. More meteors tend to fly after midnight, and the Orionids are typically at their best in the wee hours before dawn. The best viewing time will probably be one to two hours before dawn on October 21. However, the light of the waxing gibbous moon will wash out all but the brightest Orionid meteors.
 

 

Check out events for each day here:

Earthsky Tonight

Planets Visible Now

Mercury

Mercury is hidden in the glare of the Sun.

Venus
though bright at magnitude –4.4, is getting low in the west-southwest during twilight. It sets by dark
 

Mars
Vastly dimmer at magnitude +1.5, is a little to Venus's upper right. Look also for similar Spica farther to Venus's upper left for most of the week

Jupiter
(magnitude –2.8, in Pisces) rises in late twilight and is well up in the east-southeast before midnight. It's highest in the south around 2 or 3 a.m. daylight saving time — the brightest starlike point in the morning sky.  Jupiter's Great Red Spot is near System II longitude 150°. Assuming it stays there, here's a list to print out of all the Great Red Spot's predicted transit times for the rest of 2010.
Saturn

has moved far off to Venus's right or lower right. Bring binoculars for all three of these faint objects
 
Neptune

(magnitude 7.8, at the Aquarius-Capricornus border) is up high by mid- to late evening.
Uranus

(magnitude 5.8, in Pisces) is about 2° west of Jupiter. In a telescope Uranus is only 3.7 arcseconds wide, compared to Jupiter's unusually wide 48″.
 
 

ISS Visible Passes for North Bay

Not in North Bay? But still want to see the ISS?

Then visit the new NASA Skywatch App

SATELLITE
LOCAL
DURATION
MAX ELEV
APPROACH
DEPARTURE
 
DATE/TIME
(MIN)
(DEG)
(DEG-DIR)
(DEG-DIR)
           
ISS
Sat Aug 21/03:16 AM
< 1
15
15 above ENE 15 above ENE
ISS
Sat Aug 21/04:48 AM
4
83
19 above WNW 18 above ESE
ISS
Sun Aug 22/03:44 AM
< 1
20
20 above E 16 above E
ISS
Sun Aug 22/05:16 AM
3
29
17 above W 17 above SSE
ISS
Wed Aug 25/09:32 PM
3
40
16 above SSW 34 above ESE
ISS
Thu Aug 26/09:59 PM
3
74
16 above WSW 58 above NE
ISS
Fri Aug 27/08:51 PM
4
46
16 above SW 15 above ENE
ISS
Fri Aug 27/10:27 PM
2
37
15 above W 37 above NNW
ISS
Sat Aug 28/09:19 PM
4
65
16 above WSW 17 above ENE
ISS
Sat Aug 28/10:55 PM
< 1
19
19 above NW 19 above NW
ISS
Sun Aug 29/09:47 PM
2
35
29 above NW 20 above NE
ISS
Mon Aug 30/08:39 PM
3
58
38 above W 16 above NE
ISS
Mon Aug 30/10:15 PM
1
27
22 above NW 27 above N
ISS
Tue Aug 31/09:07 PM
2
33
31 above NNW 16 above NE
ISS
Tue Aug 31/10:42 PM
< 1
20
20 above NW 20 above NW
ISS
Wed Sep 01/09:34 PM
2
27
24 above NNW 19 above NE
ISS
Thu Sep 02/08:26 PM
3
31
27 above NW 15 above NE
ISS
Thu Sep 02/10:02 PM
1
30
23 above NNW 30 above N
ISS
Fri Sep 03/08:53 PM
3
27
22 above NW 16 above NE
ISS
Fri Sep 03/10:28 PM
< 1
23
23 above NW 23 above NW

 

 

 

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