2nd August Monday
A good night to see Saturn through the telescope. The planet's rings will look brighter. After sunset look at the east-southeast horizon. Saturn will be visible all night. Venus is on the west horizon after sunset.
5th August Thursday
In early hours of the morning, you can see a waning crescent Moon. Saturn and Venus are still visible.
7th August Saturday
Callisto will be eclipsed by Jupiter. Jupiter's moon will disappear from view at 2:22 UT (Universal time = Spanish mainland time) this event can only be seen through a telescope.
8th August Sunday
There is a new moon tonight.
9th August Monday
Jupiter´s second nearest moon, Europa, will be covered by Ganymede´s shadow from 3:37 to 4:44 UT. You will need a telescope to see this.
12th August Thursday (morning 13th)
Tonight, we will be able to see the Perseid meteor shower from 19:00 to 22:00 UT. It can also be on the nights of 11th and 13th.
Look for the Perseus constellation next to Cassiopeia, Camelopardalis (giraffe) and Aries on the northeast.
With dark skies and no light pollution, you will see a lot of meteors. In a city with a lot of light pollution like mine the best time to see it will be 6:00 AM with 13 meteors per hour. These nights the moon is waxing crescent so it will spoil the view only for the first part of the night.
20th August Friday
Jupiter is at opposition with the sun and it is when the earth is closest to Jupiter, this means the planet will look brighter and bigger.
21st August Saturday
A full Moon tonight.
31st of August Tuesday
Aurigid meteor shower next to Auriga constellation north northeast horizon. The best time to see it is at 21:00 to 22:00 UT. When the moon rises later on you will see less meteors because of the moon´s glow.
The planets
All photos from NASA website.
Mercury will be seen after sunset on the West northwest horizon. The best night to see it is on the 15th.
Venus is low in the west horizon after sunset. The best night to see it is on the 1st.
Mars is setting quickly after sunset. It will be seen very low on the west horizon. Best night to see it is on 18th, 20 minutes after sunset and it will be next to Mercury.
Jupiter can be seen all month. It will be seen near Capricornus constellation. Best night to see it is on 19th.
Saturn is visible near the constellation Capricornus in the South. The best night to see it is on the 2nd.
Uranus location is the constellation of Aries, and it reaches some altitude in the sky. Look to the South to see it. It will be out from around midnight. Best night to see it is the 31st.
Neptune can be seen in the south with binoculars near the constellation of Aquarius. It has good altitude. The best night to see it is the 31st.
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