What To See In The July Night Sky

In a warm-up to the Perseid meteor shower that gets its game on in August there is the Delta Aquarids meteor shower.  

This show began mid-July and will be peaking July 28 and 29.  

To be fair, this show is more favorably viewed in the southern hemisphere or the southern reaches of the northern hemisphere - nevertheless if you get out of bed to pee several hours before sunrise, go outside and take a few moments to cast your gaze to the southern sky.   

Locate the constellation Aquarius as this is the radiant from which these meteors appear.  

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In case you care to know these meteors are the result of debris from Comet 96P Machholz - a comet that crosses our path every five years.