Actual Astronomy - The Observer’s Calendar for July

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected]

* July 1st - Today is Canada Day

   Mars 4° below Moon this morning

* July 2nd - Uranus 4° below Moon this morning

* July 3rd - Jupiter 5° below Moon this morning

* July 4th - is Independence Day in the USA and the 970th anniversary of the Crab Supernova Explosion

* July 4th is also New Moon

* July 5th - Earth is at Aphelion

* July 6th - Ceres at Opposition Mag. 7.3

* July 7th Mercury 3° below the Moon this evening

   Spot Arcturus with the unaided eye this week

* July 13th - first Quarter Moon

* July 14th - Lunar Straight Wall visible this evening

* July 15th - Mars 0.6° below Uranus this morning

* July 16th - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into Jupiter 30 years ago!

* July 21st - Full Moon

   Asteroid 40 Harmonia at Opposition, Mag. 9.4

* July 22nd- Mercury at greatest Elongation this evening at 27° from the Sun

   Jupiter appears in the morning sky around 2:30 am PDT with only 1 Satellite Callisto Visible.

* July 27th Last Quarter Moon

* July 29th - Uranus 4° below Moon this morning.

* July 30th - Mars 5° below the Moon this morning

* July 31st - ZHR=25 best seen in predawn hours today and tomorrow.

 

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