New Moon: | July 5th |
First Quarter: | July 13th |
Full Moon: | July 21st, the Buck Moon |
Last Quarter: | July 27th |
Mercury - | Visible in the morning sky. At greatest elongation on the 22nd. |
Venus - | Not visible until the last few days of the month when it returns at the Morning Star. |
Mars - | Visible in the morning sky. It starts the month in Aries and moves into Taurus mid-month. |
Jupiter - | Visible in the morning sky in Taurus. |
Saturn - | Visible in the morning sky in Aquarius. |
Comet 13P/Olbers at magnitude 7.7 in Auriga. |
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS at magnitude 11.6 in Virgo. |
Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower peaks on the 30th (ZHR=16). |
M57 by Chris O'Brien:
The Iris Nebula, NGC 7023 by Glen Sharp:
Here's the Zoom info for the July meeting:
Join Zoom MeetingZoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85919274956?pwd=Nw9nKX68mGhr9QBFBTMYbOO5427gpi.1
Meeting ID: 859 1927 4956
Passcode: 161385
The next Star Tour public outreach session of the year will be July 27th at Mounds State Park starting at 9:30 p.m.
The club has a few used Televue eyepieces for sale. Contact Fred Hicks, Dan Malone or Chris O'Brien if you're interested in purchasing.
Have you watched an interesting astronomy related YouTube video, listened to a podcast, or read an online article? Send me the link, and I'll share it with the rest of the club.
Are you doing astrophotography? Send me your latest images, and I'll publish them for the club to see.
Do you have equipment to sale, or are looking for a specific item to buy? Let me know and I'll get the word out to the rest of the club.