14 DAY TRIAL // August has arrived and, as everyone who loves to skygaze knows, the show’s about to start.
The August night sky brings the annual Perseid meteor shower that’s about to reach its peak the week after the next. Particularly, on August 11 and 12.
“The moon will set before midnight on the peak nights of August 11 and 12, meaning dark skies for prospective observers,” Space.com reports, which means everything should be even more visible.
This month is also good for those who want to seek out Mercury, Venus, Mars, and other planets on the dark sky, some of which are set to line up with each other or with the moon.
Furthermore, on August 10, comet ISON, also dubbed as a candidate for the “comet of the century” name, will begin rising above the east-northeast horizon before dawn. The comet will make a close pass by the sun in late November, but it will be easy to see way before that.