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Episode 123 – Objects to Observe in June 2021 Show Notes

Objects to Observe in the June 2021 Night Sky Best events for the month for June: Annular Solar Eclipse for those who can travel or lucky to live in the right location but for everyone else it’ll be the Planetary line up of Venus, Moon and Mars around mid-month. Planetary Roundup Mercury – The innermostContinue reading “Episode 123 – Objects to Observe in June 2021 Show Notes”

Episode 119 -Deep Sky Observing in Ophiuchus Show Notes

Ophiuchus lies between Aquila, Serpens, Scorpius, Sagittarius, and Hercules, northwest of the center of the Milky Way. The southern part lies between Scorpius to the west and Sagittarius to the east. In the northern hemisphere, it is best visible in summer. Ophiuchus is depicted as a man grasping a serpent…To the ancient Greeks, the constellationContinue reading “Episode 119 -Deep Sky Observing in Ophiuchus Show Notes”

Episode 115 – Objects to Observe in May 2021

Objects to Observe in the May 2021 Night Sky Best events for observing in May: Mercury/Venus and a Lunar Eclipse Planetary Roundup Mercury – Begins the month in Taurus where it appears as a very early evening object on the western horizon paired with Venus a wide field binocular distance away. Mercury reaches greatest easternContinue reading “Episode 115 – Objects to Observe in May 2021”

Episode 105 – Objects to Observe in April 2021 Show Notes

Best night sky event for April: Lyrid Meteor Shower Planet Roundup Jupiter & Saturn in the Constellation Capricornus which rises in the morning sky just before Sunrise – so whenever we are talking about them it’ll be am time. By the end of April Jupiter has moved eastward into the constellation of Aquarius as itContinue reading “Episode 105 – Objects to Observe in April 2021 Show Notes”

Episode 97 – Objects to Observe in March Show Notes

Welcome to Episode 97 of the Actual Astronomy Podcast, Objects to Observe in the March 2021 night Sky. We use a finder circle of 8-degrees like a wide-field binocular and  a 5-degrees for scale, observers should note your fist at arm’s length is 10-degrees and common finders and binoculars have fields typically in the 5-degreeContinue reading “Episode 97 – Objects to Observe in March Show Notes”