Planets, Meteors and an Eclipse: August Is Going to Be a Big Month for Skygazing
If you’ve been staying inside all summer due to heat domes and poor air quality from the wildfires, August is shaping up to be a good month to get out of the house and look up at the sky. Among the various cool events happening is a planet parade with six planets visible at once.
The show starts the evening of Aug. 12 and continues until around Aug. 17 or 18, depending on your location. This planet parade includes Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune, and like most prior parades, the planets line up on a nice curve, so it should be a little easier to see all of them. The parade is visible across the US and Canada.
You need to wake up early for this one, as the best time to see the parade is just before sunrise. This is due to Jupiter and Mercury...
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