July 2024 MAC Newsletter

July Sky Happenings
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).
July Sky Charts:
Mid July looking South at 10:00pm EDT. Image created with SkySafari 6 for Mac OS X, �2010-2018 Simulation Curriculum Corp., skysafariastronomy.com.
Mid July looking North at 10:00pm EDT. Image created with SkySafari 6 for Mac OS X, �2010-2018 Simulation Curriculum Corp., skysafariastronomy.com.

M57 by Chris O'Brien:


The Ring Nebula, M57

The Iris Nebula, NGC 7023 by Glen Sharp:


The Iris Nebula, NGC 7023

Announcements:

Here's the Zoom info for the July meeting:

Join Zoom Meeting

Zoom 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.



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