AUGUST HIGHLIGHTS

Your guide to the night sky this month

Thursday 1 Just after it rises this morning, the 11% waning crescent Moon sits 4.2° north-northwest of open cluster Messier 35 in Gemini. Friday 2 Io and Ganymede's shadows form a double shadow transit on a low-altitude Jupiter between 00:23 and 01:46 BST (23:23 on 1 August to 00:46 UT). Sunday 4 Dione's shadow is in transit across Saturn's disc between 00:27 and 03:25 BST (23:27 UT on 3 August to 02:25 UT). Monday 5 A 1%-lit waxing crescent Moon sits 1.8° northwest of Venus, low in the evening twilight, over the west-northwest horizon shortly after sunset. Regulus appears 1.2° southwest of Venus and Mercury 6.2° south of Venus. Tuesday 6 From around 02:00 BST (01:00 UT) mag. –2.0 Jupiter, +0.9 Mars and +0.8 Aldebaran form a right-angled triangle, with…

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BBC Sky at Night United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024

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