July 2026: Moon Day, Virgo Cluster & Egg Shaped Stars
Audio Guide to the Galaxy
<p>What's up in July? Best time to see the Milkyway, Moon Day & Virgo Cluster.</p>
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<p>What's up in the Night Sky for July?</p>
<p>In the West - Jupiter going going gone. Venus is still super bright & swings by Regulus in Leo constellation July 10. To the East - see Mars in the morning. Pleiades, Taurus, Aldebaran. Bets time of year to see the Milky Way!</p>
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<p>Dates of interest:</p>
<p>July 7: Earth at aphelion </p>
<p>July 10: Venus close to Regulus in Leo</p>
<p>July 20: International Moon Day </p>
<p>July 29: Full Moon</p>
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<p>Constellation of the month:</p>
<p>Virgo & the wheat laden maiden.</p>
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<p>Virgo Cluster with 1300+ galaxies!</p>
<p>M87's Black Hole image</p>
<p>https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/resources/teachable-moment/how-scientists-captured-the-first-image-of-a-black-hole/</p>
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<p>Spica - Leon's Hypothetical Egg Boys </p>
<p>https://particle.scitech.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/bin_000001-egg-boys.png</p>
<p>Image: Hypothetical appearance of stars in an ellipsiodal binary. Credit: Smith/Scitech</p>
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<p>The Audio Guide To the Galaxy is recorded at Scitech on Whajduk Noongar Land.</p>