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Outside magazine, August 1995


Stargazing
By David N. Schramm

The morning of the eighth, about two hours before sunrise, will be the last chance this year to observe the dazzling Perseid meteor shower. Though the shower won't peak until a few days later, the full Moon, on the tenth, will largely spoil its finale. On the morning of the 24th, the Moon will be 12 degrees north-northeast of Betelgeuse, a red giant star that is more than 20 times as massive as our Sun. Thanks to the dark night sky associated with the new Moon on the 26th, the end of the month will be a good time to view the Andromeda nebula, the farthest object visible from Earth by the unaided eye--two million light years away.