Post by Dave Mitsky on Jul 2, 2016 6:51:14 GMT
July Celestial Calendar by Dave Mitsky
All times, unless otherwise noted, are UT (subtract four hours and, when appropriate, one calendar day for EDT)
7/1 Mercury is 0.36 degree south of the bright open cluster M35 in Gemini (approximately 7 degrees from the Sun) at 1:00; the Moon reaches perigee at a distance of 365,983 kilometers (227,411 miles) at 6:40; the Moon is 8.9 degrees south of the bright open cluster M45 in Taurus (40 degrees from the Sun) at 12:00
7/2 The midpoint of 2016 occurs today; the Moon is 0.4 degree north of the first-magnitude star Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri), with an occultation occurring in Japan, China, southern Russia, the Middle East, southeastern Europe, and northeastern Africa, at 11:00; Mercury is at perihelion at 16:00
7/3 The Moon is 5.7 degrees south of M35 (10 degrees from the Sun) at 17:00
7/4 New Moon (lunation 1157) occurs at 11:01; the Earth is at aphelion (152,103,776 kilometers or 94,512,904 miles from the Sun) at 16:00
7/7 Mercury is in superior conjunction at 3:00; Pluto (magnitude +14.1, apparent size 0.1") is at opposition at 16:00
7/8 The Moon is 1.8 degrees south of the first-magnitude star Regulus (Alpha Leonis) at 0:00
7/9 The Moon is 0.9 degree south of Jupiter, with an occultation occurring in eastern Antarctica, far southern Africa, and southern Madagascar at 10:00
7/11 Venus is at perihelion at 2:00; the Lunar X, also known as the Werner or Purbach Cross, an X-shaped illumination effect involving various rims and ridges between the craters La Caille, Blanchinus, and Purbach, is predicted to occur at 23:18;
7/12 First Quarter Moon occurs at 0:52; Mercury is at its greatest heliocentric latitude north at 21:00
7/13 The Moon reaches apogee at a distance of 404,269 kilometers (251,201 miles) at 5:24
7/16 Uranus is at western quadrature at 13:00; Mercury (magnitude -0.1) is 0.6 degree north of Venus (magnitude -3.9) at 17:00
7/17 Mercury is 0.5 degree north of the center of the bright open cluster M44 (the Beehive Cluster or Praesepe) (12 degrees from the Sun) at 20:00
7/18 Venus is 0.04 degree north of the center of M44 (11 degrees from the Sun) at 9:00
7/19 Full Moon, known as the Hay or Thunder Moon, occurs at 22:57
7/20 The Sun enters Cancer at 13:00
7/23 The Moon is 1.1 degree north of Neptune, with an occultation occurring in far northern Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland, and eastern and central North America, at 6:00
7/26 The Moon is 3 degrees south of Uranus at 4:00; Last Quarter Moon occurs at 23:00
7/27 The Moon reaches perigee at a distance of 369,662 kilometers (229,698 miles) at 11:37
7/28 The Curtiss Cross, an X-shaped illumination effect located between the craters Parry and Gambart, is predicted to occur at 2:05; the Moon is 9.1 degrees south of M45 (66 degrees from the Sun) at 18:00; the Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower (15 per hour) peaks at 20:00
7/29 The Moon is 0.3 degree north of Aldebaran, with an occultation occurring in northern Africa, southern Europe, the eastern United States, the Caribbean, and central America, at 11:00
7/30 Uranus is stationary in right ascension at 2:00; Mercury (magnitude -0.2) is 0.3 degree north of Regulus (magnitude +1.4) at 17:00
7/31 The Moon is 5.8 degrees south of M35 (36 degrees from the Sun) at 1:00
Friedrich Bessel was born this month. The first photograph of a star, namely Vega, was taken on July 17, 1850. The first photograph of a total solar eclipse was taken on July 28, 1851.
Moonlight will not pose a problem for viewing the peak of this year’s Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower on the morning of July 29th. The other minor meteor showers with southern radiants occurring this month are the Alpha Capricornids, the Piscis Austrinids, and the Northern Delta Aquarids.
Information on Iridium flares and passes of the ISS, the Tiangong-1, the USAF’s X-37B, the HST, and other satellites can be found at www.heavens-above.com/
The Moon is 25.9 days old, is illuminated 15.8 %, subtends 32.4 arc minutes, and is located in Taurus on July 1st at 0:00 UT. The Moon is at its greatest northern declination of +18.7 degrees on July 4th and +18.5 degrees on July 31st and its greatest southern declination of -18.6 degrees on July 18th. Longitudinal libration is at a maximum of +6.0 degrees on July 7th and a minimum of -4.7 degrees on July 20th. Latitudinal libration is at a maximum of +6.5 degrees on July 3rd and +6.7 degrees on July 30th and a minimum of -6.7 degrees on July 17th. New Moon takes place on July 4th. The Moon occults Jupiter, Neptune, and Aldebaran from various parts of the world this month. See www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/iotandx.htm for information on these and other lunar occultations taking place in July. Visit saberdoesthestars.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/saber-does-the-stars/ for tips on spotting extreme crescent Moons. Times and dates for the lunar light rays predicted to occur in July are available at www.lunar-occultations.com/rlo/rays/rays.htm
The Sun is located in Gemini on July 1st. The Earth is farthest from the Sun on July 4th, when it is 3.3% more distant than it was at perihelion and 1.7% farther than its average distance. The Sun enters Cancer on July 20th.
Brightness, apparent size, illumination, distance from the Earth in astronomical units, and location data for the planets and Pluto on July 1st: Mercury (-1.6 magnitude, 5.2", 95% illuminated, 1.29 a.u., Gemini), Venus (-3.9 magnitude, 9.7", 99% illuminated, 1.72 a.u., Gemini), Mars (-1.4 magnitude, 16.3", 93% illuminated, 0.57 a.u., Libra), Jupiter (-1.9 magnitude, 34.3", 99% illuminated, 5.75 a.u., Leo), Saturn (+0.2 magnitude, 18.2", 100% illuminated, 9.13 a.u., Ophiuchus), Uranus (+5.8 magnitude, 3.5", 100% illuminated, 19.94 a.u. on July 16, Pisces), Neptune (+7.8 magnitude, 2.3", 100% illuminated, 29.26 a.u. on July 16, Aquarius), and Pluto (+14.1 magnitude, 0.1", 100% illuminated, 32.13 a.u. on July 16, Sagittarius).
Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter are located in the west and Mars and Saturn in the south during the evening. At midnight, Mars and Saturn are in the southwest and Neptune in the southeast. In the morning, Uranus can be found in the southeast and Neptune in the south.
At midmonth, Mercury is visible in evening twilight, Mars transits the meridian at 9:00 p.m. local daylight time and sets at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, Jupiter sets at 11:00 p.m. local daylight time, and Saturn transits the meridian at 10:00 p.m. local daylight time and sets at 3:00 a.m. local daylight time for observers at latitude 40 degrees north.
Mercury is at perihelion on July 2nd. It reaches superior conjunction on July 7th. Mercury and Venus are in conjunction on July 16th. Mercury passes 0.3 degree north of Regulus on July 30th, the closest approach of a planet to a first-magnitude star in 2016.
Venus is at perihelion on July 11th. It is visible in the evening sky late in the month. Mercury (magnitude -0.6) lies three degrees to the upper left of Venus (magnitude -3.9) 30 minutes after sunset on July 21st.
Mars fades by almost 40% this month. It shrinks in apparent size from 16.3 to 13.1 arc seconds. The Martian northern hemisphere summer ends early in July. The Red Planet’s north pole is inclined currently by approximately 15 degrees. The prominent surface feature Syrtis Major is near the central meridian early at night by month’s end.
Jupiter’s reign for this year is coming to an end. The King of the Planets stands only 10 degrees above the horizon an hour after sunset by the end of July. Browse www.projectpluto.com/jevent.htm or www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/interactive-sky-watching-tools/ in order to determine Galilean satellite events and Great Red Spot transit times.
In mid-July, Saturn’s rings span 41 arc seconds and are inclined by 26 degrees. The disk of the planet subtends 18 arc seconds at the equator. Saturn’s brightest satellite, eighth-magnitude Titan, passes due north of the planet on July 7th and July 23rd and due south on July 15th and July 31st. The much fainter satellite Iapetus lies 35 arc seconds west of the planet on July 11th, forming a triangle with Dione and Tethys. For further information on Saturn’s satellites, browse www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/interactive-sky-watching-tools/
Uranus is situated 2.7 degrees of the fourth-magnitude star Zeta Piscium during July. It rises close to midnight. Uranus is at western quadrature (90 degrees from the Sun) on July 16th and commences retrograde motion on July 30th.
Neptune is located 29 arc minutes southeast of the fourth-magnitude star Lambda Aquarii at the start of the month. On the night of July 24th/25th, the eighth planet passes 31 arc minutes south of that star.
Finder charts for Uranus and Neptune can be found at www.nakedeyeplanets.com/uranus.htm and www.nakedeyeplanets.com/neptune.htm
Pluto reaches opposition in northern Sagittarius on July 7th. The fourteenth-magnitude dwarf planet lies approximately 0.2 degree southwest of the third-magnitude star Pi Sagittarii on the night of July 1st. Articles on locating and observing Pluto are available on pages 48 and 49 of the July issue of Sky & Telescope and page 64 and 65 of the July issue of Astronomy.
For more on the planets and how to locate them, browse www.nakedeyeplanets.com/
Comet C/2013 X1 (PanSTARRS) may shine at eighth magnitude as it heads northwestward through Centaurus this month. On the night of July 23rd, this Oort-Cloud comet passes 0.6 degree west of the fourth-magnitude star c1 Centauri. Browse cometchasing.skyhound.com/ and www.aerith.net/comet/future-n.html for additional information on comets visible this month.
During July, the tenth-magnitude asteroid 7 Iris loops through northern Scorpius, two to three degrees to the west of the bright binary star Beta Scorpii. The following asteroids brighter than eleventh magnitude are at opposition this month: 71 Niobe on July 6th (magnitude +10.5), 44 Nysa on July 15th (magnitude +10.6), 138 Tolosa on July 16th (magnitude +10.7), and 779 Nina on July 28th (magnitude +10.1). Information on asteroid occultations taking place this month is available at www.asteroidoccultation.com/2016_07_si.htm
A wealth of current information on solar system celestial bodies is posted at www.curtrenz.com/astronomy.html and nineplanets.org/
Free star maps for July can be downloaded at www.skymaps.com/downloads.html and www.telescope.com/content.jsp?pageName=Monthly-Star-Chart
Forty binary and multiple stars for July: Eta Draconis, 17 & 16 Draconis, Mu Draconis, Struve 2273, Nu-1 & Nu-2 Draconis, Psi Draconis (Draco); Kappa Herculis, Gamma Herculis, Struve 2063, 56 Herculis, Struve 2120, Alpha Herculis (Ras Algethi), Delta Herculis, Rho Herculis, Mu Herculis (Hercules); Rho Ophiuchi, Lambda Ophiuchi, 36 Ophiuchi, Omicron Ophiuchi, Burnham 126 (ADS 10405), Struve 2166, 53 Ophiuchi, 61 Ophiuchi (Ophiuchus); h5003 (Sagittarius); Xi Scorpii, Struve 1999, Beta Scorpii, Nu Scorpii, 12 Scorpii, Sigma Scorpii, Alpha Scorpii (Antares), h4926 (Scorpius); Struve 2007, 49 Serpentis, Struve 2031 (Serpens Caput); 53 Serpentis, Struve 2204, h4995, h2814 (Serpens Cauda); Epsilon Ursae Minoris (Ursa Minor)
Notable carbon star for July: T Draconis
Sixty-five deep-sky objects for July: NGC 6140, NGC 6236, NGC 6340, NGC 6395, NGC 6412, NGC 6503, NGC 6543 (Draco); IC 4593, M13, M92, NGC 6106, NGC 6166, NGC 6173, NGC 6181, NGC 6207, NGC 6210, NGC 6229, NGC 6482 (Hercules); B61, B62, B63, B64, B72, IC 4634, IC 4665, LDN 42, LDN 1773, M9, M10, M12, M14, M19, M62, M107, NGC 6284, NGC 6287, NGC 6293, NGC 6304, NGC 6309, NGC 6356, NGC 6366, NGC 6369, NGC 6384, NGC 6401, Tr 26 (Ophiuchus); NGC 6440, NGC 6445 (Sagittarius); B50, B55, B56, Cr 316, M4, M6, M7, M80, NGC 6144, NGC 6153, NGC 6192, NGC 6231, NGC 6242, NGC 6302, NGC 6337, NGC 6451 (Scorpius); NGC 6217, NGC 6324 (Ursa Minor)
Top ten binocular deep-sky objects for July: IC 4665, LDN 1773, M4, M6, M7, M10, M12, M13, M92, NGC 6231
Top ten deep-sky objects for July: M4, M6, M7, M10, M12, M13, M92, NGC 6210, NGC 6231, NGC 6543
Challenge deep-sky object for July: NGC 6380 (Scorpius)
The objects listed above are located between 16:00 and 18:00 hours of right ascension.
All times, unless otherwise noted, are UT (subtract four hours and, when appropriate, one calendar day for EDT)
7/1 Mercury is 0.36 degree south of the bright open cluster M35 in Gemini (approximately 7 degrees from the Sun) at 1:00; the Moon reaches perigee at a distance of 365,983 kilometers (227,411 miles) at 6:40; the Moon is 8.9 degrees south of the bright open cluster M45 in Taurus (40 degrees from the Sun) at 12:00
7/2 The midpoint of 2016 occurs today; the Moon is 0.4 degree north of the first-magnitude star Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri), with an occultation occurring in Japan, China, southern Russia, the Middle East, southeastern Europe, and northeastern Africa, at 11:00; Mercury is at perihelion at 16:00
7/3 The Moon is 5.7 degrees south of M35 (10 degrees from the Sun) at 17:00
7/4 New Moon (lunation 1157) occurs at 11:01; the Earth is at aphelion (152,103,776 kilometers or 94,512,904 miles from the Sun) at 16:00
7/7 Mercury is in superior conjunction at 3:00; Pluto (magnitude +14.1, apparent size 0.1") is at opposition at 16:00
7/8 The Moon is 1.8 degrees south of the first-magnitude star Regulus (Alpha Leonis) at 0:00
7/9 The Moon is 0.9 degree south of Jupiter, with an occultation occurring in eastern Antarctica, far southern Africa, and southern Madagascar at 10:00
7/11 Venus is at perihelion at 2:00; the Lunar X, also known as the Werner or Purbach Cross, an X-shaped illumination effect involving various rims and ridges between the craters La Caille, Blanchinus, and Purbach, is predicted to occur at 23:18;
7/12 First Quarter Moon occurs at 0:52; Mercury is at its greatest heliocentric latitude north at 21:00
7/13 The Moon reaches apogee at a distance of 404,269 kilometers (251,201 miles) at 5:24
7/16 Uranus is at western quadrature at 13:00; Mercury (magnitude -0.1) is 0.6 degree north of Venus (magnitude -3.9) at 17:00
7/17 Mercury is 0.5 degree north of the center of the bright open cluster M44 (the Beehive Cluster or Praesepe) (12 degrees from the Sun) at 20:00
7/18 Venus is 0.04 degree north of the center of M44 (11 degrees from the Sun) at 9:00
7/19 Full Moon, known as the Hay or Thunder Moon, occurs at 22:57
7/20 The Sun enters Cancer at 13:00
7/23 The Moon is 1.1 degree north of Neptune, with an occultation occurring in far northern Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland, and eastern and central North America, at 6:00
7/26 The Moon is 3 degrees south of Uranus at 4:00; Last Quarter Moon occurs at 23:00
7/27 The Moon reaches perigee at a distance of 369,662 kilometers (229,698 miles) at 11:37
7/28 The Curtiss Cross, an X-shaped illumination effect located between the craters Parry and Gambart, is predicted to occur at 2:05; the Moon is 9.1 degrees south of M45 (66 degrees from the Sun) at 18:00; the Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower (15 per hour) peaks at 20:00
7/29 The Moon is 0.3 degree north of Aldebaran, with an occultation occurring in northern Africa, southern Europe, the eastern United States, the Caribbean, and central America, at 11:00
7/30 Uranus is stationary in right ascension at 2:00; Mercury (magnitude -0.2) is 0.3 degree north of Regulus (magnitude +1.4) at 17:00
7/31 The Moon is 5.8 degrees south of M35 (36 degrees from the Sun) at 1:00
Friedrich Bessel was born this month. The first photograph of a star, namely Vega, was taken on July 17, 1850. The first photograph of a total solar eclipse was taken on July 28, 1851.
Moonlight will not pose a problem for viewing the peak of this year’s Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower on the morning of July 29th. The other minor meteor showers with southern radiants occurring this month are the Alpha Capricornids, the Piscis Austrinids, and the Northern Delta Aquarids.
Information on Iridium flares and passes of the ISS, the Tiangong-1, the USAF’s X-37B, the HST, and other satellites can be found at www.heavens-above.com/
The Moon is 25.9 days old, is illuminated 15.8 %, subtends 32.4 arc minutes, and is located in Taurus on July 1st at 0:00 UT. The Moon is at its greatest northern declination of +18.7 degrees on July 4th and +18.5 degrees on July 31st and its greatest southern declination of -18.6 degrees on July 18th. Longitudinal libration is at a maximum of +6.0 degrees on July 7th and a minimum of -4.7 degrees on July 20th. Latitudinal libration is at a maximum of +6.5 degrees on July 3rd and +6.7 degrees on July 30th and a minimum of -6.7 degrees on July 17th. New Moon takes place on July 4th. The Moon occults Jupiter, Neptune, and Aldebaran from various parts of the world this month. See www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/iotandx.htm for information on these and other lunar occultations taking place in July. Visit saberdoesthestars.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/saber-does-the-stars/ for tips on spotting extreme crescent Moons. Times and dates for the lunar light rays predicted to occur in July are available at www.lunar-occultations.com/rlo/rays/rays.htm
The Sun is located in Gemini on July 1st. The Earth is farthest from the Sun on July 4th, when it is 3.3% more distant than it was at perihelion and 1.7% farther than its average distance. The Sun enters Cancer on July 20th.
Brightness, apparent size, illumination, distance from the Earth in astronomical units, and location data for the planets and Pluto on July 1st: Mercury (-1.6 magnitude, 5.2", 95% illuminated, 1.29 a.u., Gemini), Venus (-3.9 magnitude, 9.7", 99% illuminated, 1.72 a.u., Gemini), Mars (-1.4 magnitude, 16.3", 93% illuminated, 0.57 a.u., Libra), Jupiter (-1.9 magnitude, 34.3", 99% illuminated, 5.75 a.u., Leo), Saturn (+0.2 magnitude, 18.2", 100% illuminated, 9.13 a.u., Ophiuchus), Uranus (+5.8 magnitude, 3.5", 100% illuminated, 19.94 a.u. on July 16, Pisces), Neptune (+7.8 magnitude, 2.3", 100% illuminated, 29.26 a.u. on July 16, Aquarius), and Pluto (+14.1 magnitude, 0.1", 100% illuminated, 32.13 a.u. on July 16, Sagittarius).
Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter are located in the west and Mars and Saturn in the south during the evening. At midnight, Mars and Saturn are in the southwest and Neptune in the southeast. In the morning, Uranus can be found in the southeast and Neptune in the south.
At midmonth, Mercury is visible in evening twilight, Mars transits the meridian at 9:00 p.m. local daylight time and sets at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, Jupiter sets at 11:00 p.m. local daylight time, and Saturn transits the meridian at 10:00 p.m. local daylight time and sets at 3:00 a.m. local daylight time for observers at latitude 40 degrees north.
Mercury is at perihelion on July 2nd. It reaches superior conjunction on July 7th. Mercury and Venus are in conjunction on July 16th. Mercury passes 0.3 degree north of Regulus on July 30th, the closest approach of a planet to a first-magnitude star in 2016.
Venus is at perihelion on July 11th. It is visible in the evening sky late in the month. Mercury (magnitude -0.6) lies three degrees to the upper left of Venus (magnitude -3.9) 30 minutes after sunset on July 21st.
Mars fades by almost 40% this month. It shrinks in apparent size from 16.3 to 13.1 arc seconds. The Martian northern hemisphere summer ends early in July. The Red Planet’s north pole is inclined currently by approximately 15 degrees. The prominent surface feature Syrtis Major is near the central meridian early at night by month’s end.
Jupiter’s reign for this year is coming to an end. The King of the Planets stands only 10 degrees above the horizon an hour after sunset by the end of July. Browse www.projectpluto.com/jevent.htm or www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/interactive-sky-watching-tools/ in order to determine Galilean satellite events and Great Red Spot transit times.
In mid-July, Saturn’s rings span 41 arc seconds and are inclined by 26 degrees. The disk of the planet subtends 18 arc seconds at the equator. Saturn’s brightest satellite, eighth-magnitude Titan, passes due north of the planet on July 7th and July 23rd and due south on July 15th and July 31st. The much fainter satellite Iapetus lies 35 arc seconds west of the planet on July 11th, forming a triangle with Dione and Tethys. For further information on Saturn’s satellites, browse www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/interactive-sky-watching-tools/
Uranus is situated 2.7 degrees of the fourth-magnitude star Zeta Piscium during July. It rises close to midnight. Uranus is at western quadrature (90 degrees from the Sun) on July 16th and commences retrograde motion on July 30th.
Neptune is located 29 arc minutes southeast of the fourth-magnitude star Lambda Aquarii at the start of the month. On the night of July 24th/25th, the eighth planet passes 31 arc minutes south of that star.
Finder charts for Uranus and Neptune can be found at www.nakedeyeplanets.com/uranus.htm and www.nakedeyeplanets.com/neptune.htm
Pluto reaches opposition in northern Sagittarius on July 7th. The fourteenth-magnitude dwarf planet lies approximately 0.2 degree southwest of the third-magnitude star Pi Sagittarii on the night of July 1st. Articles on locating and observing Pluto are available on pages 48 and 49 of the July issue of Sky & Telescope and page 64 and 65 of the July issue of Astronomy.
For more on the planets and how to locate them, browse www.nakedeyeplanets.com/
Comet C/2013 X1 (PanSTARRS) may shine at eighth magnitude as it heads northwestward through Centaurus this month. On the night of July 23rd, this Oort-Cloud comet passes 0.6 degree west of the fourth-magnitude star c1 Centauri. Browse cometchasing.skyhound.com/ and www.aerith.net/comet/future-n.html for additional information on comets visible this month.
During July, the tenth-magnitude asteroid 7 Iris loops through northern Scorpius, two to three degrees to the west of the bright binary star Beta Scorpii. The following asteroids brighter than eleventh magnitude are at opposition this month: 71 Niobe on July 6th (magnitude +10.5), 44 Nysa on July 15th (magnitude +10.6), 138 Tolosa on July 16th (magnitude +10.7), and 779 Nina on July 28th (magnitude +10.1). Information on asteroid occultations taking place this month is available at www.asteroidoccultation.com/2016_07_si.htm
A wealth of current information on solar system celestial bodies is posted at www.curtrenz.com/astronomy.html and nineplanets.org/
Free star maps for July can be downloaded at www.skymaps.com/downloads.html and www.telescope.com/content.jsp?pageName=Monthly-Star-Chart
Forty binary and multiple stars for July: Eta Draconis, 17 & 16 Draconis, Mu Draconis, Struve 2273, Nu-1 & Nu-2 Draconis, Psi Draconis (Draco); Kappa Herculis, Gamma Herculis, Struve 2063, 56 Herculis, Struve 2120, Alpha Herculis (Ras Algethi), Delta Herculis, Rho Herculis, Mu Herculis (Hercules); Rho Ophiuchi, Lambda Ophiuchi, 36 Ophiuchi, Omicron Ophiuchi, Burnham 126 (ADS 10405), Struve 2166, 53 Ophiuchi, 61 Ophiuchi (Ophiuchus); h5003 (Sagittarius); Xi Scorpii, Struve 1999, Beta Scorpii, Nu Scorpii, 12 Scorpii, Sigma Scorpii, Alpha Scorpii (Antares), h4926 (Scorpius); Struve 2007, 49 Serpentis, Struve 2031 (Serpens Caput); 53 Serpentis, Struve 2204, h4995, h2814 (Serpens Cauda); Epsilon Ursae Minoris (Ursa Minor)
Notable carbon star for July: T Draconis
Sixty-five deep-sky objects for July: NGC 6140, NGC 6236, NGC 6340, NGC 6395, NGC 6412, NGC 6503, NGC 6543 (Draco); IC 4593, M13, M92, NGC 6106, NGC 6166, NGC 6173, NGC 6181, NGC 6207, NGC 6210, NGC 6229, NGC 6482 (Hercules); B61, B62, B63, B64, B72, IC 4634, IC 4665, LDN 42, LDN 1773, M9, M10, M12, M14, M19, M62, M107, NGC 6284, NGC 6287, NGC 6293, NGC 6304, NGC 6309, NGC 6356, NGC 6366, NGC 6369, NGC 6384, NGC 6401, Tr 26 (Ophiuchus); NGC 6440, NGC 6445 (Sagittarius); B50, B55, B56, Cr 316, M4, M6, M7, M80, NGC 6144, NGC 6153, NGC 6192, NGC 6231, NGC 6242, NGC 6302, NGC 6337, NGC 6451 (Scorpius); NGC 6217, NGC 6324 (Ursa Minor)
Top ten binocular deep-sky objects for July: IC 4665, LDN 1773, M4, M6, M7, M10, M12, M13, M92, NGC 6231
Top ten deep-sky objects for July: M4, M6, M7, M10, M12, M13, M92, NGC 6210, NGC 6231, NGC 6543
Challenge deep-sky object for July: NGC 6380 (Scorpius)
The objects listed above are located between 16:00 and 18:00 hours of right ascension.