September 2021 Sky 2 Moon near Castor at 23h UT (morning sky). 3 Moon near Pollux at 5h UT (morning sky). 4 Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 7h UT (morning sky). • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 5 Venus 1.6° NNE of Spica at 21h UT (evening sky). Mags. −4.1 & 1.0. 6 Moon...

Perseid meteor shower 2021 will peak between August 12th and 13th The Perseids are named after the constellation Perseus and are made of space debris from comet Swift-Tuttle. The Perseids can be found in the north-eastern part of the sky....

August 2021 Sky 2 Saturn at opposition (opposite the Sun) at 6h UT. The ringed planet is at its closest and brightest at mag. +0.2. Saturn's rings are spectacular even in a small telescope. • Opposition (Wikipedia) 2 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 8h UT (distance...

July 2021 Sky 1 Last Quarter Moon at 21:11 UT. 3 Venus 0.35° NNE of Beehive cluster M44 (26° from Sun, evening sky) at 12h UT. Mag. −3.9. 4 Mercury at greatest elongation west (22° from Sun, morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. 0.5. 5 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth)...