July 2026: Moon Day, Virgo Cluster & Egg Shaped Stars

What's up in July? Best time to see the Milkyway, Moon Day & Virgo Cluster. What's up in the Night Sky for July? 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! Dates of interest: July 7: Earth at aphelion July 10: Venus close to Regulus in Leo July 20: International Moon Day July 29: Full Moon Constellation of the month: Virgo & the wheat laden maiden. Virgo Cluster with 1300+ galaxies! M87's Black Hole image https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/resources/teachable-moment/how-scientists-captured-the-first-image-of-a-black-hole/ Spica - Leon's Hypothetical Egg Boys https://particle.scitech.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/bin_000001-egg-boys.png Image: Hypothetical appearance of stars in an ellipsiodal binary. Credit: Smith/Scitech For more space news check out https://particle.scitech.org.au/atoms-galaxies/the-sky-tonight-july-2026/ Got a question? Chuck it in the comments and we will try to answer it next episode! The Audio Guide To the Galaxy is recorded at Scitech on Whajduk Noongar Land.