{"id":19159,"date":"2019-07-01T18:03:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T22:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19159"},"modified":"2019-07-01T18:03:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T22:03:01","slug":"night-sky-highlights-for-july-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19159","title":{"rendered":"Night sky highlights for July 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>** NASA JPL posts <a href=\"https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/resources\/2476\/whats-up-video-july-2019\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What&#8217;s Up Video: July 2019 | NASA<\/a> &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>As NASA marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, here are five things to know about the Moon that you can share with others: How far away is the Moon? How big is the Moon? What color is the Moon? Why do we always see the same side of the Moon? And what are the dark areas on the Moon?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E_A-hSm1RaI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** The Hubble <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stsci.edu\/\">Space Telescope Science Institute<\/a> posts &#8220;Tonight&#8217;s Sky: July 2019&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>In July, find the Scorpius constellation to identify the reddish supergiant Antares, which will lead you to discover a trio of globular star clusters. Keep watching for space-based views of these densely packed, spherical collections of ancient stars, as well as three nebulas: the Swan Nebula, the Lagoon Nebula, and the Trifid Nebula.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xkfuvydV3k0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <a href=\"https:\/\/alynwallacephotography.com\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alyn Wallace<\/a> posts his program on the July 2019 night sky:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ywlgmxulffA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** A preview of the month&#8217;s night sky plus a schedule for some space related events: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/science\/skywatch-whats-happening-in-the-heavens-in-july\/2019\/06\/29\/bc4210d4-99ab-11e9-830a-21b9b36b64ad_story.html\">Skywatch: What\u2019s happening in the heavens in July &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B071G3QMS2\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B071G3QMS2&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=f5526e5d1c26aa69f16fe78a9ece7406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V 21309<br \/>\nOuter Space Model Rocket for Kids and Adults, Science Building Kit<br \/>\n(1900 pieces)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B071G3QMS2\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B071G3QMS2&amp;asins=B071G3QMS2&amp;linkId=ebb9238717fd2b3e2654757c9a85c78a&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>** NASA JPL posts What&#8217;s Up Video: July 2019 | NASA &#8211; As NASA marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, here are five things to know about the Moon that you can share with others: How far away is the Moon? How big is the Moon? What color is the Moon? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19159\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Night sky highlights for July 2019<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-education"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4Z1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26866,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=26866","url_meta":{"origin":19159,"position":0},"title":"Night sky highlights for July 2024","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out the night sky this month, July 2024. 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