The ringed planet
Saturn
Lies on the opposite side of Earth to the SunAnd is visible from sunset to sunrise. This is the second Full Moon of August 2023
Making it—by one definition—a Blue Moon. As with the previous Full Moon
It is also a Supermoon.
From a "super blue moon" to an onslaught of shooting stars
Here are the top astronomy events to mark on your calendar in August:
One of the best meteor showers of the year will peak during the second weekend of August
Presenting the perfect opportunity to spot shooting stars streaking across the sky.
In August 2023
Get ready for a spectacular sky show! Look out for the biggest Supermoon of the year
The dazzling Perseid meteor shower
Moon-planet conjunctions
And Saturn shining brightly. Use the Sky Tonight app for easy navigation. Get ready for a spectacular show in the night sky in August 2023!
Spaceflight-related events during the year 2023
This article documents notable and expected spaceflight events during the year 2023.
Global radio telescope array
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a large telescope array consisting of a global network of radio telescopes.The EHT project combines data from several very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) stations around Earth
Which form a combined array with an angular resolution sufficient to observe objects the size of a supermassive black hole's event horizon.The project's observational targets include
The two black holes with the largest angular diameter as observed from Earth:
The black hole at the center of the supergiant elliptical galaxy Messier 87
And Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way.
\nA list of future observable astronomical events.These are by no means all events
But only the notable or rare ones.In particular
It does not includeSolar eclipses or lunar eclipses unless otherwise notable
As they are far too numerous to list.Nor does it list astronomical events that have yet to be discovered.Some points of the list miss the last date of the events.
