Monthly Archives: August 2025

Venus will be a very bright, steady light – the Beehive cluster, M44, will be nearby, though not particularly close.  Venus is best viewed by looking low above the eastern horizon for about an hour before sunrise.oBinoculars are recommended, as … Continue reading →

Mercury reaches its greatest western elongation – that means it’s best seen in the morning sky, just before sunrise. o

The Red Moon ~ where the Moon illusion is appears larger near the horizon.oThe reddish appearance of the moon through the frequent sultry hazes of August also prompted a few tribes to dub it the Red Moon. To observe the … Continue reading →

Saturn & Neptune at 180º South (4.30am BST) This conjunction will be most visible in the pre-dawn hours.oSaturn, being relatively bright, will be easily visible to the unaided eye, while Neptune, being much fainter, will require binoculars or a small … Continue reading →

Look at the south-southwest horizon, Antares can be mistaken for Mars in the constellation Scorpius. The Moon and Antares will appear close together in the sky, but not occulted, in some regions (Polynesia, New Zealand, South America, ad Antarctica), the … Continue reading →

Jupiter and Venus will be visible in the predawn eastern sky, drawing closer together as they head towards their conjunction on August 12th.ooooThey will be in the constellation Gemini, and while they might be too far apart to fit in a telescope’s … Continue reading →