@starwalkapp: August 2026 is a month worth looking up for 🌌   The biggest date is August 12, when three major astronomical events will happen within the same day: a six-planet alignment, a total solar eclipse, and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.   Here are the other celestial events you shouldn’t miss:   ☄️ August 2–3 — Peak brightness of Comet Tempel 2   🌙 August 3 — Moon close to Saturn   ✨ August 4 — Venus between Regulus and Spica   🔴 August 5 — Mars forms a triangle with Elnath and the M35 star cluster   🌙 August 7 — Moon near the Pleiades and Aldebaran   🔴 August 9 — Moon near Mars   🌑 August 12 — Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune align before sunrise. A total solar eclipse will occur later that day, followed by the peak of the Perseid meteor shower at night. The totality will be visible from parts of the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, and Europe.   💫 August 15 — Greatest eastern elongation of Venus   🌙 August 16 — Moon near Venus   ⭐ August 17 — Moon near Spica   🌙 August 20 — Moon forms a triangle with Antares and Dschubba   🌙 August 21 — Moon near Antares   🔭 August 22 — Moon will form a triangle with the Ptolemy Cluster (M7) and the Lagoon Nebula (M8)   🔴 August 26 — Mars aligns with Betelgeuse and Rigel   🌕 August 28 — A Full Moon and a deep partial lunar eclipse will occur. At maximum eclipse, Earth’s shadow will cover about 96% of the lunar disk, so the Moon may appear almost completely red. The best views will be from the Americas. In some parts of Europe and Africa, the eclipse will be visible low above the horizon.   🌙 August 31 — Moon near Saturn   Save this calendar not to miss the best nights for stargazing!   Please note that the calendar dates are given in GMT and may vary depending on your time zone.   Which August event are you most excited about? 🔭✨   #nightsky #strgazing #moon #planet #starwalk

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