Here are some of the things to see in August:
- 9 pm, southeast sky – Lyra constellation with Vega, the fifth brightest star in the sky, the multiple star system Epsilon Lyrae, nicknamed the Double Double, and the Ring Nebula (Messier 57), one of the four bright planetary nebulae catalogued by Charles Messier
- 9 pm, eastern sky – Cygnus constellation with Deneb, the 19th brightest star in the sky, marking the Swan‘s tail and the contrasting double star Albireo marking its head
- 9 pm, southeast sky – Vulpecula constellation with the Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27), another planetary nebula catalogued by Messier
- 9 pm, southeast sky – Aquila constellation with Altair, the 12th brightest star in the sky, at the neck of the Eagle, and the Wild Duck Cluster (Messier 11), the most distant visible open cluster catalogued by Messier
- 9 pm, southeast sky – the Summer Triangle, a conspicuous northern summer asterism formed by Vega, Altair and Deneb, visible directly overhead from mid-northern locations in the summer months
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