Storyteller's Night Sky 2025-08-13 (Venus, Jupiter, and the Pereseids ~ Here Begins a New Life)
The Perseid Meteor Shower comes to its peak overnight Tuesday this week, when the Earth passes through the tail of the comet that causes the shower and the constellation Perseus reaches its highest place in the night sky. But the Moon will be a waning gibbous, 84 percent illuminated, rising in the East the night before the peak and not setting until after sunrise the following morning. The Moon will be among the stars of Pisces, a companion constellation and just south of Perseus. But despite the moon glow, there’s so much story in this particular sky! Tuesday morning, August 12th, Venus and…
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