The sky, August 4-10: Perseid meteor shower begin

By Cosmic1 on August 4, 2025   Astronomy, Jupiter, Mars, Meteors, Moon, Out There, Planets, Saturn, Space, Star Clusters, Telescopes  

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 4, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 ■ This evening the waxing gibbous Moon hangs hardly more than 1° below orange Antares, the 1st-magnitude heart of Scorpius. MONDAY AUGUST 4 ■ Now the thickening, brightening gibbous Moon shines midway between Antares to its right and the spout of the Sagittarius […]