Here’s a brief look at what’s going on in the Mile High City this week.
August 4, 5 & 6:
- Look for the Waxing gibbous Sturgeon Moon to visit the Teapot asterism in the constellation Sagittarius low in the southern sky on the 4th, 5th, and 6th of August around 11:00 PM.
August 6:
- NSN Webinar Series: 2025 International Observe the Moon Night: Youtube Livestream and Recording: 7:00PM
- Special DAS E-Board Meeting (to discuss the date and location of the holiday banquet): Check your DAS membership email for Zoom link: 7:00 PM
- Astrophotography Special Interest Group (ASIG) General and Beginner Meeting: Zoom (check email or Slack for link): 7:00PM
August 7:
- Standley Lake Stargazing: Cosmic Conversations – Guest Speaker: Nicole Pothier McGillivray of Carrington Shield Strategies: Standley Lake Library or Zoom (virtual): 6:00PM
August 8:
- Check out the early morning Planet Parade! With the help of binoculars or a small a telescope, Neptune and Uranus are visible along with naked-eye planets Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn across the ecliptic line (the path the sun takes through the sky) in the early morning sky through the first several weeks of August.
August 9:
- Full Sturgeon Moon: 1:54 AM
August 10:
- Look for the Great Square rising. This asterism gracing our skies tells us that autumn is on its way. Look for it in the eastern sky in Pegasus around 11:00 PM.
Sky Map
- The pdf map of the night sky from SkyMaps.com can be found at https://www.skymaps.com/skymaps
This Week’s Meteoric Activity:
You can keep track of the activity of meteor showers as well as those beyond the limits of visual observing by visiting the NASA Meteor Shower Portal.
- alpha Capricornids (CAP): 1:00 AM in northwestern Capricornus: 5 per hour
- Southern delta Aquariids (SDA): 4:00 AM in western Aquarius: 3 per hour
- Perseids: last hour before dawn in western Perseus: 3 per hour.
- Anthelion (ANT): 2:00 AM in central Capricornus: 3 per hour.
Clear skies and happy stargazing!
