Episode 493 – Observer’s Calendar for August 2025

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

– 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

Aug 12 – 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