Monthly Astro Calendar

All times are MST from Winslow AZ

July 2025

• 07-02, First Quarter Moon + Lunar 'X' & 'V' @ 3:42 p.m. MST -------------------------->

• 07-04, Mercury greatest morning eastern elongation

• 07-10, Full Moon

• 07-17, Last Quarter Moon

• 07-19, Winslow Homolovi Observatory Open 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

  • Visitor Center Presentation, Bill Wood - Deep Sky Image Processing for One-shot Color

  • M57, Ring Nebula (Planetary Nebula-Low Stellar Mass Nova), 1,400 Light Years Distance

  • M92, Globular Cluster, 150,000 stars, 26,000 Light Years Distance, Brighter than M13

  • Albireo, Double Star, 380 Light Years Distance, Colorful Indigo & Gold

  • M27, Dumbbell Nebula (Planetary Nebula-Low Stellar Mass Nova), 1,700 Light Years Distance

  • T Coronae Borealis, Blaze Star (Recurrent Nova), 2,700 Light Years Distance, Outburst Pending

• 07-24, New Moon

• 07-28/07-29, Southern Delta Aquariids Meteor Shower Peak 25/hr

• 07-29/07-30, Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak 5/hr

August 2025

• 08-01, First Quarter Moon

• 08-09, Full Moon

• 08-11 & 12, Perseid Meteor Shower, 50-75/hr (Moon will interfere)

• 08-16, Winslow Homolovi Observatory Open 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

  • Visitor Center Presentation, Kenn Evans II - DarkSky International

  • Summer Milky Way, core to the SW then overhead & down to the NE, DSLR-widefield lens-tripod astro photo ops

  • M57, Ring Nebula (Planetary Nebula-Low Stellar Mass Nova), 1,400 Light Years Distance

  • M92, Globular Cluster, 150,000 stars, 26,000 Light Years Distance, Brighter than M13

  • Albireo, Double Star, 380 Light Years Distance, Colorful Indigo & Gold colored stars, side-by-side

  • M27, Dumbbell Nebula (Planetary Nebula-Low Stellar Mass Nova), 1,700 Light Years Distance

  • M16, Eagle Nebula (Pillars of Creation), 7,000 Light Years Distance

  • T Coronae Borealis, Blaze Star (Recurrent Nova), 2,700 Light Years Distance, Outburst Pending

• 08-16, Last Quarter Moon

• 08-23, New Moon