EarthSky News - July 22 - When to Watch Meteors

July 22 When to Watch Meteors by:

EarthSky's meteor shower guide for 2017 All you need to know about 2017's major meteor showers. Moonlight will interfere with this year's Perseid shower on the mornings of August 12 and 13. Start watching for meteors this weekend, and watch through early August, while the moon is out of the way between midnight and dawn, and the Perseids are gearing up. Watch for Delta Aquariid meteors These meteors are the reason it's fun to begin watching in late July. The Delta Aquarid shower is long and rambling and overlaps with the Perseids. Tonight … Find the Teapot, and the galaxy's center The center of our Milky Way galaxy is located in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius with its famous Teapot asterism. Where's the moon? Waning crescent New moon will come tomorrow at 9:46 UTC. Star of the week: Vega One of the prettiest stories in all skylore surrounds this star.  "On the 7th night of the 7th moon ... "

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Where's the moon? Waning crescent Amirul Syazani in Malaysia caught earthshine on this morning's waning crescent moon. Did you see it from the Americas? Not likely, especially as the line of moonrise, and sunrise, edge farther west today.

We love sunflowers!  Your best photos Curtis Beaird wrote, "Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds love these sunflowers. Mexican sunflower, Japanese sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia) ... We had a field day with the six plants that managed to germinate and grow. Birds really like the seeds." Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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