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<\/figure>\n\nWhen to use this chart <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n1 July at 00:00 AEST (14:00 UT) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n15 July at 23:00<\/strong> AEST (13:00 UT)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n31 July at 22:00 AEST (12:00 UT) <\/strong><\/p>\n\nThe chart accurately matches the sky on the dates and times shown for Sydney, Australia. The sky is different at other times as the stars crossing it set four minutes earlier each night.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\n\nJuly highlights<\/strong><\/h4>\n\nRecommended equipment: Naked eye<\/strong><\/p>\n\nThis month all five naked-eye planets can be seen close to the Moon. In the early evening of 15th, the full Moon is 6\u02da from Saturn. Then as the Moon\u2019s phase wanes, it visits Jupiter separated by 5\u02da on the morning of the 19th. Next up, three days later, the last quarter Moon is only 3\u02da from Mars. On the 26th, having now slipped into the dawn glow, its thin crescent is 8\u02da from brilliant Venus. Finally, after new Moon on the 30th the two-day old Moon is 5\u02da from Mercury. <\/p>\n\n
Stars and constellations<\/strong><\/h4>\n\nRecommended equipment: Naked eye<\/strong><\/p>\n\nThe most southerly zodiacal constellations are high in July\u2019s evening sky. The easily recognised constellations of Sagittarius (with its Teapot asterism) and Scorpius, the Scorpion, also coincide with the Milky Way\u2019s centre. The two flanking constellations are identifiable under dark skies, with the \u2018smile\u2019 of Capricornus to the east and kite-shaped Libra to the west. <\/p>\n\n
You can also view the dark and bright lanes (nebulae) that make up our Galaxy\u2019s \u2018hub\u2019. <\/p>\n\n
The planets<\/strong><\/h4>\n\nRecommended equipment: Naked eye<\/strong><\/p>\n\nView Saturn in the eastern evening sky, rising around 20:00 mid-month. Located in Capricornus, it stands out in a barren part of the sky, with only the star Fomalhaut rivalling its brightness. Neptune follows two hours later, while Jupiter joins the show, rising about 23:00.<\/span><\/p>\n\nThe early morning sees Mars and Uranus arriving and converging: they close July only 2\u02da apart. Venus continues to drop towards the Sun, and this month is the last time we see it outside dawn\u2019s glow. <\/p>\n\n
Deep-sky objects<\/strong><\/h4>\n\nRecommended equipment: Large telescope<\/strong><\/p>\n\nLet\u2019s take a trip into Sagittarius, the Archer. Starting at the \u2018spout\u2019 star of the Teapot, Gamma <\/span>2<\/sup>(\u03b3 2<\/sup>) Sagittarii, moving north you\u2019ll pass through a Milky Way region full of stars. When you have gone 2\u00b0 you will encounter a distinctive dark nebula, Barnard 86 (RA = 18hr 02.9m, dec. = -27\u00b0 52\u2019). It has a high extinction level, hence its nickname, the Ink Spot. The nebula is 6 arcminutes across, which tapers to a point at the northern end, with a mag. +6.6 star on the western edge.<\/p>\n\nEastwards of this \u2018Spot\u2019, in the same eyepiece field, is open cluster NGC 6520, which consists of around two-dozen faint stars scattered over 2 arcminutes, just north of a pair of brighter stars. <\/p>\n\n
Sagittarius is home to numerous globular clusters and there are two conveniently close to the \u2018spot\u2019, NGC 6540 is 0.7\u00b0 eastwards and the fainter Djorgovski 2 is only 0.2\u00b0 westwards. <\/p>\n\n
Catch five planets close to the Moon, and discover the Ink Spot, a deep-sky treasure in Sagittarius <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","purple_page_number":"100","purple_custom_meta_purple_page_number":"100","purple_seq_number":"1","purple_custom_meta_purple_seq_number":"1","purple_source_article":"article_100-1.xml","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_article":"article_100-1.xml","purple_source_issue":"July-2022","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_issue":"July-2022","purple_external_id":"July-2022-100-1","purple_custom_meta_purple_external_id":"July-2022-100-1","purple_issue_code":"|0000086554||","purple_custom_meta_purple_issue_code":"|0000086554||","purple_android_product":"com.im.skyatnight.206","purple_custom_meta_purple_android_product":"2022skyatnightJuly","purple_ios_product":"com.im.skyatnight.206","purple_custom_meta_purple_ios_product":"2022skyatnightJuly","purple_web_product":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_web_product":"","purple_publication_id":"075fab74-0a21-4201-866a-899d6c41c40c","purple_migrated":"","kt_blocks_editor_width":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[14],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/06\/6AGU8L27244FFI8A50P4YPI5MY37.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"3","apple_news_title":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/06\/6AGU8L27244FFI8A50P4YPI5MY37.jpg",2048,1756,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/06\/6AGU8L27244FFI8A50P4YPI5MY37-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/06\/6AGU8L27244FFI8A50P4YPI5MY37-300x257.jpg",300,257,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/06\/6AGU8L27244FFI8A50P4YPI5MY37-768x659.jpg",768,659,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/06\/6AGU8L27244FFI8A50P4YPI5MY37-1024x878.jpg",800,686,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/06\/6AGU8L27244FFI8A50P4YPI5MY37-1536x1317.jpg",1536,1317,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/06\/6AGU8L27244FFI8A50P4YPI5MY37.jpg",2048,1756,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Catch five planets close to the Moon, and discover the Ink Spot, a deep-sky treasure in Sagittarius","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32980"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33277,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32980\/revisions\/33277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
15 July at 23:00<\/strong> AEST (13:00 UT)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n 31 July at 22:00 AEST (12:00 UT) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n The chart accurately matches the sky on the dates and times shown for Sydney, Australia. The sky is different at other times as the stars crossing it set four minutes earlier each night.<\/span><\/p>\n\n Recommended equipment: Naked eye<\/strong><\/p>\n\n This month all five naked-eye planets can be seen close to the Moon. In the early evening of 15th, the full Moon is 6\u02da from Saturn. Then as the Moon\u2019s phase wanes, it visits Jupiter separated by 5\u02da on the morning of the 19th. Next up, three days later, the last quarter Moon is only 3\u02da from Mars. On the 26th, having now slipped into the dawn glow, its thin crescent is 8\u02da from brilliant Venus. Finally, after new Moon on the 30th the two-day old Moon is 5\u02da from Mercury. <\/p>\n\n Recommended equipment: Naked eye<\/strong><\/p>\n\n The most southerly zodiacal constellations are high in July\u2019s evening sky. The easily recognised constellations of Sagittarius (with its Teapot asterism) and Scorpius, the Scorpion, also coincide with the Milky Way\u2019s centre. The two flanking constellations are identifiable under dark skies, with the \u2018smile\u2019 of Capricornus to the east and kite-shaped Libra to the west. <\/p>\n\n You can also view the dark and bright lanes (nebulae) that make up our Galaxy\u2019s \u2018hub\u2019. <\/p>\n\n Recommended equipment: Naked eye<\/strong><\/p>\n\n View Saturn in the eastern evening sky, rising around 20:00 mid-month. Located in Capricornus, it stands out in a barren part of the sky, with only the star Fomalhaut rivalling its brightness. Neptune follows two hours later, while Jupiter joins the show, rising about 23:00.<\/span><\/p>\n\n The early morning sees Mars and Uranus arriving and converging: they close July only 2\u02da apart. Venus continues to drop towards the Sun, and this month is the last time we see it outside dawn\u2019s glow. <\/p>\n\n Recommended equipment: Large telescope<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Let\u2019s take a trip into Sagittarius, the Archer. Starting at the \u2018spout\u2019 star of the Teapot, Gamma <\/span>2<\/sup>(\u03b3 2<\/sup>) Sagittarii, moving north you\u2019ll pass through a Milky Way region full of stars. When you have gone 2\u00b0 you will encounter a distinctive dark nebula, Barnard 86 (RA = 18hr 02.9m, dec. = -27\u00b0 52\u2019). It has a high extinction level, hence its nickname, the Ink Spot. The nebula is 6 arcminutes across, which tapers to a point at the northern end, with a mag. +6.6 star on the western edge.<\/p>\n\n Eastwards of this \u2018Spot\u2019, in the same eyepiece field, is open cluster NGC 6520, which consists of around two-dozen faint stars scattered over 2 arcminutes, just north of a pair of brighter stars. <\/p>\n\n Sagittarius is home to numerous globular clusters and there are two conveniently close to the \u2018spot\u2019, NGC 6540 is 0.7\u00b0 eastwards and the fainter Djorgovski 2 is only 0.2\u00b0 westwards. <\/p>\n\n Catch five planets close to the Moon, and discover the Ink Spot, a deep-sky treasure in Sagittarius <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","purple_page_number":"100","purple_custom_meta_purple_page_number":"100","purple_seq_number":"1","purple_custom_meta_purple_seq_number":"1","purple_source_article":"article_100-1.xml","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_article":"article_100-1.xml","purple_source_issue":"July-2022","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_issue":"July-2022","purple_external_id":"July-2022-100-1","purple_custom_meta_purple_external_id":"July-2022-100-1","purple_issue_code":"|0000086554||","purple_custom_meta_purple_issue_code":"|0000086554||","purple_android_product":"com.im.skyatnight.206","purple_custom_meta_purple_android_product":"2022skyatnightJuly","purple_ios_product":"com.im.skyatnight.206","purple_custom_meta_purple_ios_product":"2022skyatnightJuly","purple_web_product":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_web_product":"","purple_publication_id":"075fab74-0a21-4201-866a-899d6c41c40c","purple_migrated":"","kt_blocks_editor_width":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[14],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/06\/6AGU8L27244FFI8A50P4YPI5MY37.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"3","apple_news_title":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/06\/6AGU8L27244FFI8A50P4YPI5MY37.jpg",2048,1756,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/06\/6AGU8L27244FFI8A50P4YPI5MY37-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/06\/6AGU8L27244FFI8A50P4YPI5MY37-300x257.jpg",300,257,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/06\/6AGU8L27244FFI8A50P4YPI5MY37-768x659.jpg",768,659,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/06\/6AGU8L27244FFI8A50P4YPI5MY37-1024x878.jpg",800,686,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/06\/6AGU8L27244FFI8A50P4YPI5MY37-1536x1317.jpg",1536,1317,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/06\/6AGU8L27244FFI8A50P4YPI5MY37.jpg",2048,1756,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Catch five planets close to the Moon, and discover the Ink Spot, a deep-sky treasure in Sagittarius","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32980"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33277,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32980\/revisions\/33277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\nJuly highlights<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n
Stars and constellations<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n
The planets<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n
Deep-sky objects<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n