This Week’s Sky skyandtelescope.com
Hubble Telescope Spectacular Images
Caldwell 51
Eclipse Resources From NOVA, PBS
Next Solar Eclipes CNN (click)
Meteor Showers Peak Dates
● Perseids: August 12-13
● Orionids: October 20-21
● Southern Taurids: November 4-5
● Northern Taurids: November 11-12
● Leonids: November 17-18
● Geminids: December 13-14
● Ursids: December 21-22
Super Moons
August 1: Sturgeon moon
August 30: Blue moon
September 29: Harvest moon
October 28: Hunter’s moon
November 27: Beaver moon
December 26: Cold moon
While these are the popularized names associated with the monthly full moon, each one carries its own significance across Native American tribes (with many also referred to by differing names).