Aug
8
Wed
see http://cantonbecker.com/retrograde for details…
Aug
12
Sun
Considered one of the best showers each year, the Perseids produces about 60 meteors per hour. Starting at mid to late evening on the nights of August 11/12 and 12/13, watch for the Perseid meteors to streak across this short summer night from late night until dawn, with only a little interference from the waning crescent moon.
Sep
22
Sat
The date (in the northern hemisphere) when night and day are nearly of the same length and Sun crosses the celestial equator (i.e., declination 0) moving southward (in the northern hemisphere).
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/AutumnalEquinox.html
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