The year 2023 has prepared lots of significant astronomical events for us
Including :
solar eclipsesMeteor showers
A bright comet passing the Earth
And many more. With this complete astronomy calendar
You’ll never miss one! How to see what's in the sky tonight? How to see what's in the sky tonight?
Rising as the Sun sets on August 30/31
This second Full Moon in a month is known as a Blue Moon. Blue moons occur only once every 2 or 3 years because lunar phases take almost a calendar month (29.5 days) to go through a complete cycle. But August's Blue Moon will also be near perigee
The third supermoon in 2023.
The Perseid meteor shower is usually one of the most active and brightest meteor showers of the year. Good news:
In 2023 the peak nights are around the time of New Moon
Which means more meteors will be visible against the dark sky. What is a meteor shower? Two weeks after the Super Sturgeon Moon
August’s New Moon is a Micromoon.
Seen here above Ragusa
Sicily
Cloud banks cast diverging shadows through the supermoonlit skiesCreating dramatic lunar crepuscular rays . The next Full Moon in 2023 will also shine on an August night . Rising as the Sun sets on August 30/31
This second Full Moon in a month is known as a Blue Moon.
The ringed planet, Saturn, lies on the opposite side of Earth to the Sun, and is visible from sunset to sunrise. This is the second Full Moon of August 2023, making it—by one definition—a Blue Moon. As with the previous Full Moon, it is also a Supermoon.
The year 2023 has prepared lots of significant astronomical events for us, including solar eclipses, meteor showers, a bright comet passing the Earth, and many more. With this complete astronomy calendar, you’ll never miss one! How to see what's in the sky tonight? How to see what's in the sky tonight?
It’s the best time for stargazing because the Moon’s light won’t hinder the view. The June solstice marks the first day of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of winter in the Southern Hemisphere. In 2023, it will happen on June 21, at 14:58 GMT (10:58 a.m. EDT).
Prior to European settlement
The area that became New York City was inhabited by the Lenape
An indigenous group whose cosmology included the known planets and explained the earth's position in the universe.In 1818
Benjamin and Samuel Demilt opened the first observatory on top of a jewelry store.The first determination of New York City's longitude was made from the cupola of Columbia College during the solar eclipse of 1821.In 1856
Lewis Morris Rutherfurd built a private observatory at his Manhattan home and later donated his photographs to Columbia University.Columbia University's Rutherfurd Observatory has since 1927 been located on the roof of Pupin Hall.The College of Staten Island also hosts an Astrophysical Observatory.The Amateur Astronomers Association of New York is supporting a plan to establish the New York Public Observatory.
Eighth month in the Julian and Gregorian calendars
August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars
And the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days.
Observation of infrared wavelengths
\nInfrared astronomy is a sub-discipline of astronomy which specializes in the observation and analysis of astronomical objects using infrared (IR) radiation.The wavelength of infrared light ranges from 0.75 to 300 micrometers
And falls in between visible radiation
Which ranges from 380 to 750 nanometers
High school astronomy competition
The International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) is an annual Astronomy and Astrophysics competition for high school students.It is one of the international science olympiads.
This list of exoplanets discovered in 2023 is a list of confirmed exoplanets that were first reported in 2023.\nFor exoplanets detected only by radial velocity
The listed value for mass is a lower limit.See Minimum mass for more information.
Partial lunar eclipse of 28 October 2023
A partial lunar eclipse is currently taking place on Saturday
