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Shooting Stars, the Waxing X-Moon among Evening Trees, Spotty Saturn Shines Nightly and Mars Attacks Jupiter!

Hello, mid-August Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of August 11th, 2024 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends and send me your comments, questions, and suggested topics. You can also follow me on Twitter as @astrogeoguy! Unless otherwise noted, all times are expressed in Eastern Time.…
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The Moon in Evening Spells L-O-V-E, Some Illumination Rumination, Noctilucent Cloud Season, and Titan Travels Saturn in Morning

I captured this handheld smartphone image of the young crescent moon and the strong auroral display of May 10, 2024 behind my home in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada. Conditions are again favorable for another spectacle if the sun sends a mass ejection in our direction over the next few days, before the moon brightens too much.…
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