August

Explore the Summer Triangle and head to a dark location to catch the Perseids

1 AUGUST Nearly full Moon near Jupiter 12/13 AUGUST Perseid meteor shower peak 15 AUGUST Waning crescent Moon close to Venus this morning 18 AUGUST Morning thin Moon spotting opportunity 28 AUGUST Dwarf planet Ceres reaches opposition in Aquarius August at a glance The wonderful balmy evenings of August bring a return to astronomical sanity as dark skies become available to the UK once again. The magnificence of the Milky Way is dominant and even if your skies are too light-polluted to actually see it, the sheer number of brighter stars in its general direction hints at its presence. One of the most distinctive patterns of the Northern Hemisphere’s summer night sky is that of the giant asterism known as the Summer Triangle. It’s formed from the bright stars Vega…

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