Catch a shooting star!

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Magical Night Sky Week: Mars, Full Moon and Shooting Stars
Tue Aug 12, 8:34 AM ET My Yahoo! Science News
By Robert Roy Britt [Senior Science Writer, SPACE.com]

...An enchantingly bright Mars & the reliably interesting Moon will be near each other in the late night & early morning sky Monday night through Thursday morning.

Mars is on the verge of its biggest and brightest performance ever. It also offers an opportunity for even totally inexperienced skywatchers to make an exciting daytime planet sighting. Meanwhile, patient observers could spot a bright fireball as ancient comet fragments are scheduled to hurtle through Earth's atmosphere.

All this with no equipment required. City lights are not an issue.

The Moon will be full Tuesday, Aug. 12 & will appear nearly full Monday night right on into Wednesday morning. Mars is now a blazing orange "star" that rises in the late evening & is high in the southern sky throughout the early morning hours. You cannot miss it.