Top astronomy events for August 2023
From summer's best meteor to Saturn shining bright all night long, here are the top astronomy events for the month of August.
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00:05 Kicking off astronomy events in the month of August is the Perseid meteor shower.
00:10 This shower, considered the best of the summer, boasts up to 100 meteors per hour on the night of August 12th and 13th.
00:17 Its only competition is the waning crescent moon.
00:21 Saturn will reach opposition on August 27th.
00:24 On this night, the gas giant will be at its closest approach to Earth.
00:28 It will be visible all night, no telescope is required.
00:32 If you do have one, you can see the planet's famous rings.
00:35 The month will wrap up with the rise of the super blue moon.
00:39 Super, because the moon will be at perigee, the region of its orbit where the moon is at its closest approach to our planet,
00:46 making it appear slightly larger and brighter.
00:49 It's also a blue moon because it is the second full moon to rise in the month of August.
00:54 Reporting for AccuWeather, I'm Jeff Cornish.
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