A Star in Someone Else’s Sky

Star Trails: From Backyard Astronomy to Cosmic Wonder · Jul 13, 2025 · 12m · transcript

This week we take a look at the night sky from July 13th to the 19th, highlighting a waning Moon, brilliant morning planets, and the first whispers of the Perseid meteor shower.We’ll check in on Venus dancing near the Pleiades, Saturn’s steady climb toward opposition, and Jupiter’s quiet return to the predawn sky. You’ll also hear what deep-sky targets are best viewed under the darkening moonlight—like the Dumbbell Nebula, Ring Nebula, and the Milky Way’s glowing heart through Sagittarius.Later, we flip the telescope around and ask: What does Earth look like from other worlds? From Venus’s…