BBC Sky at Night - UK (2021-08)

A MONTH

OF METEORS

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✦ Jupiter’s double moon

and shadow transits

✦ Delaunay, the Moon’s

misshapen crater

✦ Meteor trains, and

how to observe them

About the writers

Astronomy

expert Pete

Lawrence is

a skilled astro

imager and

a presenter on The Sky at

Night monthly on BBC Four

Steve

To n k i n is

a binocular

observer.

Find his tour

of the best sights for

both eyes on page 54

Also on view Red light friendly

this month...

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August 2021 BBC Sky at Night Magazine 43

Observe Jupiter and Saturn,

both at opposition in August

DOUBLE THE VIEW

Discover one of the Moon’s

lesser-known clair-obscur effects

FIND THE ‘ZENO STEPS’

16 -PAGE

CENTRE

PULLOUT

AUGUST 2021

Enjoy a promising Perseid peak

on 12 August and an Aurigids

outburst at the end of the month