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The weekend will begin with a new moon phase (Foto: Especial NASA )

 

Saturday July 30, 2011 Andrés Eloy Martínez | El Universal00:11

Saturday July 30Today the new moon occurs at 1:40 pm (central Mexico time) as the Moon crosses the imaginary line between Earth and the Sun is the second new moon this month.
Sunday July 31This is a good time of year to escape the city lights and look to the sky. Late at night, a milky broadband and arches high above our heads from north to south. The band is the Milky Way, the silent glow of millions of stars in the disk of our Milky Way galaxy.

Monday August 1August 1 is the date of an ancient British festival of Lammas. It is a day of Fourth Crusade, which means it falls halfway between a solstice and an equinox. Lammas was a day to celebrate the harvest. The priests blessed the bread made from the first grain.
August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar is 31 days. It was given this name in honor of the Roman emperor Augustus Octavian Augustus Octavius​​). In the ancient Roman calendar, the year began in March and was named the sixth month Sextilis but in the year 24 BC, Augustus decided to give his name and since then Sextilis called Augustus.
Tuesday August 2Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, rises shortly after midnight and is high in the southeast early. It looks like a bright star. It shines more than all the real stars, and is in a relatively empty region of sky, so it stands out.
Wednesday August 3The planet Saturn is easily visible tonight above the moon. It looks like a bright golden star. The star Spica in Virgo is far to the left of Saturn.
Thursday August 4Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, is just above the crescent Moon tonight. The planet Saturn is on your right and looks almost as bright as Spica.
Friday August 5The crescent moon is aligned with Spica and Saturn in the evening.

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Admire the full moon on Thursday July 14 (Foto: Archivo El Universal )

 

Saturday July 9, 2011 Andrés Eloy Martínez | El Universal00:02

Saturday July 9The star Deneb in Cygnus, Vega in Lyra, and Altair in Aquila, which form the Summer Triangle can be observed to the east.
Sunday July 10With binoculars you can see the red and blue dots that make up Delta Lyrae, a prominent double star in the constellation Lyra, the harp.
Although the stars appear to be near each other, they are actually separated by more than 100 light years away.

Monday July 11Antares, the guiding light of the constellation Scorpio, is slightly below the Moon tonight. Many of his sister stars are superior to his right, including three that outline the flat head of the scorpion.
Tuesday July 12Mars and the star Aldebaran are in good view in the morning at first light. Are aligned parallel to the horizon, separated by less than the width of your fist seen at arm's length. Mars is on the left and Aldebaran, brightest, right.

Wednesday July 13The constellation Sagitta, the arrow intersects the Milky Way. It is one of the smallest of the 88 constellations that exist. After dark look in the east, between Deneb and Altair, two of the stars of the Summer Triangle.

Thursday July 14The "dog days" have arrived. They are named after the Dog Star or Sirius. The brightest star in the night sky, is immersed in the glow of the sun in this time of year.
Therefore, the ancient sky watchers called dog days this time in honor of the star when at its first and only appearance before dawn morning. On this day also happen full moon phase at 1:04 central time hours in Mexico.
Friday July 15The elusive planet Mercury is located very low to the west shortly after sunset the Sun

 

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Starts the month and with it the star Spica in the constellation Virgo in the sky (Foto: Especial Hubblesite.org )

 

Friday July 1, 2011 Redacción | El Universal22:48

Saturday July 2Look for the planet Mercury low in the west from a half hour after sunset the sun looks like a star is quite bright, but it is so low in the sky that is hard to find. Tonight is just the top right of the crescent moon is as thin as a nail.
Sunday July 3A bright point of light that looks like a star on the right side of the moon at dusk this evening. Despite its brightness is so low in the sky that is hard to find. This is the planet Mercury.
Monday July 4Regulus, the bright heart of Leo, the lion crouches near the Moon, to his right upper nightfall today. They are low in the sky, so we see through a thicker layer of the atmosphere as if they were above, overhead (zenith).
Tuesday July 5Only a planet shines during the night this month: Saturn, the second largest planet in the solar system. It's about half of the southwest sky at dusk and it looks like a bright golden star. Is placed after midnight.
Wednesday July 6The Moon is passing over Saturn tonight. The planet looks like a shiny gold star to the upper left of the Moon at nightfall. Through a telescope you can see the bright, beautiful rings of Saturn.
Thursday July 7The giant planet Saturn is at the top right of the moon tonight. It looks like a gold star. The real star Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, is to the upper left of Saturn.
Friday July 8Moon and Spica form a nice combination tonight in the constellation Virgo, which is often depicted carrying two bundles of wheat, one marked by the bright star Spike or Spica (Alpha Virginis), "spike" of medieval farmers.
The location of Virgo is easy with this star, which lies along a curve of stars ranging from the constellation Ursa Major.

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ECLIPSE The third year is visible only in Antarctica and will be partially solar (Foto: Especial NASA Eclipse Website )

Friday June 24, 2011 Andrés Eloy Martínez | El Universal 22:56

Saturday June 25 Jupiter will be seen next to the moon, right down to the right before the dawn.
 Sunday June 26 A small and weak "Shield" star rises higher through the southern sky tonight. The constellation Scutum represents the shield of John Sobieski, king of Poland from the 17th century and one of the great heroes of that country.
Monday June 27Mars is starting to look to the naked eye in the sky in the early hours of the morning.
Tuesday June 28The Red Planet is rising in the dawn sky, it looks like a bright orange star below the moon during the first glow of twilight.
The star Aldebaran, which also glows orange is slightly closer to the moon and its name means "rival of Mars."
Wednesday June 29Mars is low in the east at first light to the upper right of the crescent Moon, while Aldebaran or the eye of Taurus, we see a little higher.
Thursday June 30About an hour after nightfall, the Milky Way curve from northeast to south-southeast. In the northeast, look for Cygnus, the swan-shaped cross, surrounded by the glow of the Milky Way. And in the south and southeast, look for the Scorpion and Sagittarius, the archer.
Friday July 1New Moon occurs at 3:54 hours time in central Mexico, while a partial eclipse will be appreciated solar only in Antarctica.
Starts the seventh month of the year July.
Originally this month was the fifth of the original Roman calendar and was called Quintilis. At first, comprising 36 days but was changed to 31, according to tradition by the legendary king Romulus and reduced to 30 by King Numa, staying with the 31 that now has by order of Julio Cesar, who was born on 12 this month and which was also renamed to "Julius" from which derives "Julio." 

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Some societies celebrate with the summer solstice rituals. The members of the Turkic yacuto peoples image of Russia(Foto: Archivo El Universal )

Friday June 17, 2011 Andrés Eloy Martínez | El Universal22:00

Saturday June 18
The constellation Delphinus, the dolphin glides through the Milky Way in summer nights. Tonight rises soon after sunset and arches high above the head. Look for it below the Summer Triangle, which is quite high in the east a couple of hours after nightfall.
Sunday June 19
The planet Saturn is in the southwest at dusk and it looks like a bright golden star. A true star in the constellation Virgo is a short distance away, so it's as if you were seeing double.
Monday June 20
Summer arrives tomorrow in the northern hemisphere. From the most northern Mexico the sun is directly overhead at local noon (Tropic of Cancer). Then descend to the south, reaching its southernmost point in December.
Tuesday June 21
Summer arrives today in the northern hemisphere. Starts at 12:16 hours Central Standard Time in Mexico, which is the time to produce the June solstice. It is the longest day of the year and day when the sun is further north in the sky.
Wednesday June 22
The moon reaches its last quarter phase tomorrow at 6:48 central time hours in Mexico. Sunlight illuminates half-facing hemisphere of the Earth, so half of the disc is bright while the other half is dark.
Thursday June 23
The constellation Ursa minor extends almost vertically from the North Star, Polaris, early evening. Ursa Minor, the little bear spreads like 20 degrees, the width of a palm open hand at arm's length view.
Friday June 24
The late spring and early summer are good times to find the constellation Centaurus, the mythological creature half man and half horse is visible from all over Mexico, but the more south we are, the better appreciate this area full of stars bright. Is low in the south and about 90 minutes after the start of the Sun