Eyes on the Sky: August 6 thru August 12

[magic612]

The Perseid meteors take center stage this coming weekend, but before then, there are still great sights to see in this week's night sky. Cassiopeia carries some gem-like open clusters that you can easily find, such as NGC457 and NGC663. But beyond those, find where to spot a hypergiant star that is an incredibly distant naked eye object.

In the planetary department, Mars and Saturn are closing in on their closest approach in the evening and Jupiter and Venus still rule the morning skies - and don't miss the Moon, Jupiter, Aldebaran and the Hyades either! All that and more in this week's episode (like some Astronomy Theater with a quick mythology story about the Queen):

[DirkSteele]

I look forward to each of these posts. Please keep them coming.

[Lorne]

First time I've seen this, thanks for sharing

[paul schofield]

Great informative post as usual. Funny too.

[ObscuredbyClouds]

I look forward to each of these posts. Please keep them coming.

2nd that :grin:

[magic612]

Will do! Thanks for the kind words - these are a lot of work to make every week (~10 hours each, on average).

[jason.p]

Nice one again. Thanks Magic

[faulksy]

thanks for that magic, you live up to your name

[cotterless45]

Well done, keep it up and thanks for posting,

Nick.

[nightvision]

Brilliant, love the inclusion of context.

[Daff]

fantastic stuff. Thank you.

[pvaz]

Great job. I'm a subscriber on YouTube and really enjoy watching this videos.

[geoffers1]

Thats the first time I've seen these videos, brilliant stuff!