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your guide to constellations deep-sky

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objects planets and events tonight's sky

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in the evening Twilight brilliant Venus

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makes a dazzling appearance over the

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catch it quickly before it sets

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higher in the sky Saturn slowly dips

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toward the western horizon throughout

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the evening amite telescope at the

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stargazing on a hot August night reveals

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a multitude of wonders in the summer

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night sky Lyra the small harp lies high

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in the late evening sky its main star is

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the great Vega one of the brightest in

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the sky look for lehre by locating Vega

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and then the parallelogram of stars

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nearby epsilon lorae the bright star

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near Vega is actually a wonderful

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quadruple star system known as the

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double-double in the parallelogram of

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Lyra lies the dramatic ring nebula it is

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an expanding shell of glowing gas

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the great constellation Cygnus the Swan

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flies high through the August night

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using bright Vega as your guide star

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look for the cross just to the east

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Cygnus is also known as the northern

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cross Albireo at the head of the Swan is

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a showpiece for small telescopes this

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spectacular pair of stars features

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contrasting colors of sapphire and

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golden topaz Deneb the Swans tail is a

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supergiant star if Deneb replaced the

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Sun in the center of our solar system it

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would engulf Mercury and Venus on a

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clear night hazy patches of nebulae can

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be seen by casually panning across the

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Cygnus area with binoculars the most

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prominent is the North America nebula an

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area of gas and dust illuminated by the

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cygnus also hosts several clusters of

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stars the easiest to find our m29 and

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m39 m29 is found near the center of the

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northern cross when viewed in a small

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telescope it resembles a small square

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best seen in binoculars m39 is a loosely

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bound cluster of about 30 stars just to

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the north of Deneb just south of Cygnus

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lies the small constellation vulpecula

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the little fox first charted by polish

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astronomer johannes hevelius in the 17th

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century vulpecula hosts the dumbbell

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nebula which can be seen as a faint

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smudge in binoculars a small telescope

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aquila the eagle was known to the

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ancient Greeks as the great bird of Zeus

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Altair the brightest star in Aquila is

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the bright stars of the summer night sky

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Vega Altair and Deneb make up the summer

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triangle use binoculars to look for the

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coat hanger located halfway between

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this remarkable little group of stars

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forms a familiar pattern from our point

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early in the month Jupiter Mars and

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Mercury lineup in the Eastern morning

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mercure slips into the horizon by

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mid-month while Mars and Jupiter rise

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the perseid meteor shower is an always

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anticipated feature of the August night

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sky look for meteors during the early

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morning hours of August twelfth and

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thirteenth these streaks of light are

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tiny bits of a comet burning up as they

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enter Earth's atmosphere the cometary

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debris trail through which Earth passes

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once a year was left behind by comet

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swift-tuttle during its many visits to

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the inner solar system the night sky is

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always a celestial showcase explore its