Meteor bathe and six-planet alignment set to dazzle skywatchers this weekend, subsequent week

Attention all astronomers, lovers of the cosmos, and meteor bathe thrill seekers. This weekend has every thing from a Full Moon to a uncommon six-planet alignment, and a few hundred meteors seen per hour. The weekend is wanting up.

Saturday, Aug.9t,h round 3:55 a.m., the Sturgeon Full Moon reaches its peak. Just in the future earlier than the planetary alignment and three days earlier than the Perseid Meteor Shower.

The Sturgeon Full Moon receives its identify from the big lake sturgeon typically caught round this time of yr within the Great Lakes area of the United States.

The climate this Friday night options showers and storms attainable till at the least 7 PM. However, a gradual clearing appears attainable after 8 PM with partly cloudy skies and an opportunity to view the total moon at its peak. In order to view the Sturgeon Full Moon you must look 20 levels above the southwestern horizon close to the Constellation of Capricornus

The climate will begin to enhance, and skies will start to clear on the morning of Sunday, August tenth. This will make viewing even higher with a Six-Planet alignment that includes the Full Sturgeon Moon. Planets like Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn can all seen within the early morning sky with the bare eye. A telescope or binoculars might be wanted to see Neptune and Uranus.

Just while you thought the views couldn’t get any higher, sit back and chill out in your again porch Tuesday and Wednesday night time after work and watch about 100 meteors per hour shoot throughout the night time sky. We’re speaking concerning the extremely anticipated Perseid Meteor bathe going down Tuesday, August twelfth, and Wednesday, August thirteenth. If you need to view the Perseid Meteor bathe, look northeast into the night time sky. Viewing occasions might be greatest simply after midnight on the night time of the twelfth and thirteenth, however meteors might be seen a number of days earlier than and after the height, so preserve your eyes peeled to the skies heading by this weekend and into the beginning of subsequent week. As of proper now, we’re monitoring showers attainable Tuesday and Wednesday of subsequent week, nevertheless it appears like we might have an opportunity of the late night time hours to interrupt up some cloud protection to have the ability to see the Perseid Meteor Shower.