Sky Guide July 2018

27/06/2018 8 min
Sky Guide July 2018

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Episode Synopsis

What to look out, and up, for in July. With no Jen this month (she's off sciencing), it's just Paul & Ralph's highlights for this month's skies; starting with the solar system objects on offer to observers and imagers: Mars at its most favourable opposition since 2003 Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto A super-long lunar eclipse Next up, we take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year. Ralph – Messier 16, The Eagle Nebula Paul - NGC 6822, Barnard's Irregular And we finish this sky guide with July's moon phases.