The 365 Days Of Astronomy, The Daily Podcast Of The International Year Of Astronomy 2009

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents The Observer’s Calendar for August 2025. In this episode we talk about the Moon pairing with Antares, Saturn, Mars then Antares again! We also talk about finding 4 asteroids at oppositions, Ausonia, Pallas, Julia and Hebe. There is also a great line in the sky formed when Jupiter, Venus and the Moon line up with Castor and Pollux after mid-month.   Aug 1 - Carbon Star V Cyg at it’s best Aug 2 - Lunar Straight Wall and Eyes of Clavius Aug 3 - Antares 0.6 N. Of Moon - Ausonia at opposition m=9.3 Aug 6 - Wargetin Pancake visible on Moon Aug 9 - Full Moon - Mare Orientale - NGC 6723 well placed Aug 10 - Jupiter and Venus within 2-degrees this week - Pallas at opposition - m=9.4 - Julia at opposition m=8.8 Aug 11 - Neptune, Saturn and Moon congregate in late evening Sky Aug 12 - 5 am Endymion sunset rays visible on Moon - Perseid meteor Shower Aug 16 - Last quarter an