Observing

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  See the Moon hide a trio of Hyades stars at dawn on 24 August

  20 August 2019

  Have you ever seen the Moon hide a star? If you’re an early riser in the UK with a small telescope on Saturday, 24 August 2019 then you can potentially witness the disappearance and reappearance of three naked-eye stars in the Hyades open star cluster of Taurus between 3:40am BST and shortly after sunrise.

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  A fine Perseid meteor shower peak on 13 August despite a waxing Moon?

  9 August 2019

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  Don’t miss Mercury in the eastern sky at dawn during August 2019

  8 August 2019