This Weeks Sky at a Glance, August 1. The waning Moon thins in the dawn as it heads down toward our line of sight to the Sun. Friday, August 1. As dawn begins to break on Saturday morning the 1. Moon hanging under Venus low in the east, as shown here. Find Pollux and Castor, much fainter, to Venuss left or upper left. Saturday, August 1. August is prime Milky Way time, and the dark night is now moonless. After dark the Milky Way runs from Sagittarius in the south, up and left across Aquila and through the big Summer Triangle very high in the east, and on down through Cassiopeia to Perseus rising low in the north northeast. Sunday, August 2. With the Moon obviously out of the night sky getting ready for tomorrows command performance, this would be a fine evening to look far away from the Sun into the Cygnus Milky Way, high overhead. Hunt out the telescopic deep sky sights there that Sue French highlights in the August Sky Telescope, page 5. Monday. . Monday, August 2. In case you didnt hear, theres an eclipse of the Sun today. Not in the path of totality Youll get a partial eclipse from anywhere in North or Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. Here are all our eclipse topics, including how to take photographs. Shortcut to NASAs clickable map to get your local timetable. If a solar eclipse is happening, you know its new Moon today. Tuesday, August 2. A 27yearold man had been suffering frequent headaches and had been falling over frequently for around three years. But when he had a seizure, he headed to the. Tabtight professional, free when you need it, VPN service. After dusk as August nears its end, the Great Square of Pegasus looms up in the east, balancing on one corner. Its stars are only 2nd and 3rd magnitude. Extending leftward from the Squares left corner is the main line of the constellation Andromeda, made of stars about the same brightness. This whole giant pattern was named the Andromegasus Dipper by the late Sky Telescope columnist George Lovi. Shaped somewhat like a giant Little Dipper, it currently scoops upward. Wednesday, August 2. The actual Little Dipper, meanwhile, is tipping over leftward in the north. Its only 4. 0 as long as the Andromegasus Dipper, and most of it is much fainter. As always, its rotated about 9. Andromegasus. . Moon reappears in the evening sky as a waxing crescent, retreating farther from our sunward line of sight every day. The Moon here is positioned for the middle of North America your aspect may vary a bit. Thursday, August 2. After causing so much fuss on Monday, the Moon now gleams shyly low in the west after sunset, as shown here. Almost a fist width to its left is Jupiter, and fainter Spica is farther left or lower left. Folder Lock V5 7 0 Full Patch more. Friday, August 2. Look low in the west in twilight for the waxing crescent Moon. It forms a triangle with Jupiter and Spica below it, as shown here. In the early dawn of Saturday the 2. Venus forms a straight line with Castor and Pollux above it or to its upper left. Saturday, August 2. HY6O.png' alt='Sky Map Pro 11 Crack' title='Sky Map Pro 11 Crack' />The thickening crescent Moon, no longer so shy now, points its round side down nearly toward Jupiter low in twilight. Want to become a better astronomer Learn your way around the constellationsTheyre the key to locating everything fainter and deeper to hunt with binoculars or a telescope. This is an outdoor nature hobby. For an easy to use constellation guide covering the whole evening sky, use the big monthly map in the center of each issue of Sky Telescope, the essential guide to astronomy. The Pocket Sky Atlas plots 3. Also plotted are many hundreds of telescopic galaxies, star clusters, and nebulae. Shown above is the Jumbo Edition for easier reading in the night. Larger view. Sample chart. Once you get a telescope, to put it to good use youll need a detailed, large scale sky atlas set of charts. The basic standard is the Pocket Sky Atlas in either the original or Jumbo Edition, which shows stars to magnitude 7. Next up is the larger and deeper Sky Atlas 2. The next up, once you know your way around, is the even larger Uranometria 2. And read how to use sky charts with a telescope. Youll also want a good deep sky guidebook, such as Sue Frenchs Deep Sky Wonders collection which includes its own charts, Sky Atlas 2. Companion by Strong and Sinnott, or the bigger Night Sky Observers Guide by Kepple and Sanner. Can a computerized telescope replace charts Not for beginners, I dont think, and not on mounts and tripods that are less than top quality mechanically meaning heavy and expensive. And as Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer say in their Backyard Astronomers Guide, A full appreciation of the universe cannot come without developing the skills to find things in the sky and understanding how the sky works. This knowledge comes only by spending time under the stars with star maps in hand. The team also captured Uranus the same night, with white in its southern hemisphere. North is up. Mercury is hidden in the glare of the Sun. Venus magnitude 3. Look for Pollux and Castor, much fainter, to its upper left. They form a gently curving arc with Venus that straightens out during the course of the week. The arc becomes a straight line on the morning of the 2. Earth, best visible in the daytime, is centered below you. Its disk is a remarkable 1. Jupiter the planet currently in second place in this regard. But local details usually complicate the limb, and perspective effects limit how much of the planet is visible at once. A telescope is not required. Digiweigh Scale Manual more. Mars is hidden deep in the glow of sunrise. Jupiter magnitude 1. Virgo is very low in the west southwest during twilight. Look for fainter Spica magnitude 1. Binoculars help. Saturn magnitude 0. Ophiuchus glows steadily in the south southwest at nightfall. Antares, less bright, twinkles 1. Saturns lower right. Uranus magnitude 5. Pisces and Neptune magnitude 7. Aquarius are in the southeastern sky in the early hours of the morning. Finder charts. All descriptions that relate to your horizon including the words up, down, right, and left are written for the worlds mid northern latitudes. Descriptions that also depend on longitude mainly Moon positions are for North America. Eastern Daylight Time EDT is Universal Time UT, UTC, or GMT minus 4 hours. This adventure is made possible by generations of searchers strictly adhering to a simple set of rules. Test ideas by experiments and observations. Build on those ideas that pass the test. Reject the ones that fail. Follow the evidence wherever it leads, and question everything. Accept these terms, and the cosmos is yours. Neil de. Grasse Tyson, 2. Objective reality exists. Facts are often determinable. Carbon dioxide warms the globe. Bacteria evolve when challenged by antibiotics. Science and critical thinking are no political conspiracy. They are how we discover reality. Civilizations survival depends on our ability, and willingness, to do so. Alan Mac. Robert, your Sky at a Glance editorFacts are stubborn things and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.