The Sky This Week from August 4 to 11: View the Summer Triangle’s variables

Friday, August 4The Moon passes 1.5° south of Neptune at 6 P.M. EDT, though the pair doesn’t rise until just after 10 P.M. local daylight time. Neptune is distant and therefore faint, glowing at roughly 8th magnitude. That renders it invisible to the naked eye, requiring binoculars or a telescope to spot. However, with theContinue reading “The Sky This Week from August 4 to 11: View the Summer Triangle’s variables”
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