What's up, July stargazers!
There are several celestial moments to look forward to this month, so grab some binoculars and see if you can spot the elusive planet Uranus and the star clusters of Scorpius, M6 and M7.
✨ More skywatching tips: go.nasa.gov/37ePy0B
[energetic music] [Preston Dyches]
What's Up for July The Moon gets the
band back together, find planet Uranus
with some help from Mars, and the star clusters that feel
the Scorpion's sting. All month in July, as in June,
the planetary action is in the a.m. sky. Find Saturn
rising around midnight, and climbing high into
the south by sunrise. Mars rises a couple of hours
later, with Jupiter trailing behind it, and shifting
higher in the sky each day. On July 2nd and 3rd
before sunrise, the crescent Moon will join
Jupiter and Mars in the east. Looking for them before the sky
starts to brighten, you'll also find the Pleiades
star cluster above Jupiter, as well as bright stars
Capella and Aldebaran. As the Moon swings
around the planet in its orbit, this same group
gets back together at the end of the month, but as a much tighter gathering
of Jupiter, Mars, and the Moon with the bright stars
of the constellation Taurus. Then on the evening
of July 7th and 8th, those with an unobstructed view
of the western horizon can spot Mercury shining brightly, low in the sky
with a slim crescent Moon. Look for them starting 30 to
45 minutes after the Sun sets. Observers in the
Southern Hemisphere will find Mercury
a good bit higher in the northwest sky
all month after sunset. On July 13, for the first
few hours after dark, look to the southwest
to find the first quarter Moon snuggled up with bright
bluish-white star Spica. For much of the lower 48 United
States and most of Mexico, the Moon will appear to pass in front of Spica ���
an event called an occultation. Next, over three days
in mid-July, grab your binoculars and have a look at Mars
in the early morning before the sky starts
to brighten, and you'll find the distant planet
Uranus quite close by. Uranus is not too difficult
to see with binoculars or a small telescope
anytime it's reasonably high above the horizon at night, but
you really need to know where to look for it, or use
an auto-guided telescope. But occasionally the Moon
or one of the brighter planets will pass close to
Uranus in the sky, making for a great opportunity
to find it with ease. The winding form
of constellation Scorpius, adorned with the
bright red star Antares, is a feature of the night sky around the world
this time of year. And at the tip of the scorpion's
tail are two well-known star clusters that are well placed for viewing
at this time of year. M7, aka Ptolemy's Cluster,
and M6, the Butterfly Cluster,
are both located about 5 degrees east of the bright stars that mark the "stinger"
end of the scorpion's tail. They reach their
highest point in the sky around 10 or 11 p.m. local time. To find M7,
imagine a line toward the east through the "stinger
stars," Lesath and Shaula, and it will lead you
straight to the star cluster. M6 is just a couple of degrees
above M7. Both are "open star clusters,"
meaning they're loose groupings of stars that formed together,
in the same region of space, and they're only loosely bound
together by gravity, so they'll eventually go
their separate ways. M7 is just visible
to the unaided eye under dark skies as a hazy patch just left of
the tip of the scorpion's tail. But it's best seen
with binoculars or a telescope
with a wide field of view. Its stars are located
at a distance of about 1000 light years from us, and they formed about
200 million years ago. The cluster was discovered by Greek-Roman astronomer
Ptolemy in the year 130, hence its other name. M6 is about half the apparent size of M7,
and contains fewer stars. It's also a bit farther
away from us, at around 1600 light years. It's estimated to be
about half as old as M7, at an age of around
100 million years. It was discovered by Italian
astronomer and contemporary of Galileo, Giovanni Battista
Hodierna, in 1654. These two clusters are easy
to observe in July, and their location in Scorpius
makes them pretty straightforward
to locate on a clear night. So there's no reason to fear
this scorpion's sting. Instead, let it guide you to two
distant star clusters, and see for yourself
two little families of stars in the process of spreading
out into the Milky Way. Here are the phases
of the Moon for July. Stay up to date on NASA's
missions exploring the solar system
and beyond at science.nasa.gov. I'm Preston Dyches from NASA's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and that's
What's Up for this month.
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