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02 Aug – Mercury (mag 0.1) at greatest elongation west low in ENE shortly before sunrise
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| 04 Aug – (86283) 1999 UP24 (mag 19.2) occults J184245.40-152319.0 (mag 9.5) through Westport and Morrisburg (00:55EDT)
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| 04 Aug – (8020) Erzgebirge (mag 16.6) occults TYC 6964-00387-1 (mag 10.8) through CFB Kingston to Athens (03:44EDT
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| 06 Aug – Last Quarter Moon
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| 07 Aug – Moon crosses the Pleiades low in the northeast after midnight (stars reappear on dark limb)
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| 09 Aug – Crescent Moon 4° upper left of Mars (mag 1.3) well after midnight; 1 Ceres (mag 9.0) 1.5° lower right of Mars
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| 11 Aug – Crescent Moon 2.3° upper left of Mercury (mag -0.9) very low in ENE shortly before sunrise; Jupiter (mag -1.8) 7° below the pair
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| 12 Aug – New Moon (13:17EDT)
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| 12 Aug – Partial (~23%) Solar Eclipse!!
Starts 12:52EDT
Ends 14:33EDT
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| 12 Aug – Perseid meteor shower peaks all night (watch for a few nights either side as well!)
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| 14 Aug – (2894) Kakhovka (mag 18.3) occults TYC 6874-01249-1 (mag 10.7) through Centreville, Yarker, Elgin, Athens, Cardinal and Morrisburg (22:55EDT)
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| 15 Aug – Mercury (mag -1.3) 0.6° upper left of Jupiter (mag -1.8) low in ENE shortly before sunrise; look for Beehive cluster 2.5° up
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| 15 Aug – Venus (mag -4.4) at greatest elongation east low in W after sunset; thin crescent Moon 4.5° lower right
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| 20 Aug – First Quarter Moon
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| 20 Aug – (7614) Masatomi (mag 17.2) occults UCAC4 411-137695 (mag 10.9) through Cardinal and Morrisburg (03:46EDT)
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| 27 Aug – Deep partial (96%) Lunar Eclipse!!
Penumbral starts 21:23EDT
Umbral starts 22:33EDT
Max eclipse 00:14EDT
Umbral ends 05:52EDT
Penumbral ends 07:02EDT
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| 28 Aug – Full Moon (00:18EDT)
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| 28 Aug – 9 Metis (mag 9.3) at opposition
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