Month: August 2014

Jupiter, Venus conjunction 2014

Object: Jupiter and Venus rising behind the mountains.
Date: 18. August 2014 02:50 UT
Equipment: Nikon D3000, Nikkor 18-55mm@55mm, f/5.6, ISO 800, 20s
Object: Jupiter and Venus later, higher in the sky.
Date: 18. August 2014 03:18 UT
Equipment: Nikon D3000, Nikkor 18-55mm@55mm, f/5.6, ISO 200, 1s
Object: Telescopic view of the conjunction. Two Jovian moons are visible besides the planet.
Date: 18. August 2014 03:16 UT
Equipment: GSO telescope 200/1200 + 2xBarlow, Nikon D3000, ISO 200, 2s

Perseids (PER) 2014

Object: Perseid
Date: 3. August 2014 01:09 UT
Equipment: Nikon D3000, Tokina 11-16@11mm, f/2.8, ISO 800, 95s
Object: Perseid
Date: 8. August 2014 00:35 UT
Equipment: Nikon D3000, Tokina 11-16@11mm, f/2.8, ISO 800, 30s
Object: Perseid
Date: 8. August 2014 00:40 UT
Equipment: Nikon D3000, Tokina 11-16@11mm, f/2.8, ISO 800, 30s
Object: Perseid
Date: 8. August 2014 02:26 UT
Equipment: Nikon D3000, Tokina 11-16@11mm, f/2.8, ISO 1600, 30s
Object: Perseid
Date: 13. August 2014 01:32 UT
Equipment: Nikon D3000, Tokina 11-16@11mm, f/2.8, ISO 800, 15s
Object: Perseid
Date: 14. August 2014 22:30 UT
Equipment: Nikon D3000, Tokina 11-16@13mm, f/2.8, ISO 800, 30s

Sky this month – August 2014

Here is a list of astronomical events for given month. Location dependent events listed here are visible from central Europe.

AUGUST 2014:

4 – Asteroid (80) Sappho at opposition at 07:00 UT, shining at +9.9 magnitude.

4 – Planet Venus is occulted by the Moon at ~12:00 UT in Australia. detailed info.

7 – Asteroid (16) Psyche at opposition at 04:00 UT, shining at +9.3 magnitude.

13 – Occultation of bright star ρ Sgr (magnitude +3.9) by Moon at ~ 21:16 UT, depending on the location of the observer – detailed info.

10 – Full Super Moon at .

13 – The Perseids (PER) meteor shower peaks at ~ 04:00 Ut, with ZHR around 100+. Unfavorable in 2014, with the 17 day old Moon at waning gibbous

18 – The κ-Cygnids (KCG) meteor shower peaks, with ZHR around 3. Many bright meteors.

18 – A conjunction of Venus and Jupiter occurs at 05:00 UT, the closest conjunction of two naked eye planets in 2014, with the two just 15’ apart.

18 – Comet C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS) crosses perihelion.

29 – Neptune reaches opposition at 14:00 UT, shining at +7.8 magnitude.

30 – 1. sept – Moon moving eastward between planets Saturn and Mars. Just after the sunset look to the west and see those three bright object form a triangle low above the horizon.