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Session Schedule
9:30 pm in English
10:00 PM and 11:30 PM in Portuguese
August 9th - Full Moon
12 to 13 of August - Peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower
August 23 - New Moon - second session in the days around is the best period to observe the Milky Way.
The Milky Way is clearly visible during both sessions.
For good observation, days without a Moon in the sky are recommended (between the waning and waxing quarters, preferably as close to the New Moon as possible).Given the high turnout we have this month, every year we invite young researchers from various fields of astrophysics to assist with the sessions and encourage public engagement with various areas of astrophysics and cosmology research.
Saturn begins to appear in the sky at the end of the second session, reaching reasonable visibility conditions towards the end of the month.
The months of July and August mark the period of the year in which we have the greatest variety of objects to observe in the sky, namely colorful stars like Albireo, star-forming nebulae like the Swan and Lagoon nebulae, open star clusters like Messier 11 and NGC 457, globular star clusters like Messier 4 and, most importantly, the famous and spectacular Great Hercules Cluster!!
Our nearest neighboring galaxy, the Andromeda Galaxy, begins to be observed near the end of the month during the second night session.
