
Date: 18. August 2014 21:07 UT
Equipment: Nikon D3000, Tokina 11-16@11mm, f/2.8, ISO 1600, 30s
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.