STARS FALLING / VENUS,
JUPITER, AND LUNA RISING
The biggest of the annual meteor showers (or maybe the second-biggest; it varies by year, and the competition doesn't swing by until December) is now underway.

Tonight is expected to be the peak of the Comet Swift-Tuttle* derived Perseid meteor shower, which has been known to hit 100 shooting ( Read more... )

The annual delta Aquarid shower -- best seen from the Southern Hemisphere, but also offering occasional northern viewing opportunities -- is expected to peak tonight, just before dawn. (So, early on Sunday 29 July.) Well, tonight and last night, but barring time travel ( Read more... )