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@sjbastro.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 6:26 AM

The #AstronomyWeather for my local patch, for August 2026:

Clear sky: 9 nights
Partly cloudy sky: 11 nights
Overcast sky: 11 nights

This month was mostly about the #Perseids but I also caught the nova in Sagitta. I missed the lunar eclipse due to cloud.

#AstroWeather #Astronomy #Astrophotography

A green and orange Perseid meteor passing through the Summer Triangle asterism on the night of 7-8 August 2026. The meteor passed close to the bright star Altair in the constellation of Aquila. The Perseid was captured at 00:34 UT with a Canon 250D DSLR with 7.5mm fisheye lens at 20s exp, 7.5mm fl, f/3.5, ISO-1600.

A green and orange Perseid meteor passing through the Square of Pegasus on 8 August 2026. The Perseid was captured at 00:36 UT with a Canon 250D DSLR with 7.5mm fisheye lens at 20s exp, 7.5mm fl, f/3.5, ISO-1600.

A bright Perseid meteor captured just above the treetops on the night of the peak. Shot taken on 13 August 2026 at 02:43 UT. The Perseid meteor is in Cetus. Settings: 15s exp, 18mm fl, f/3.5, ISO-1600.

Image of stars in the constellation of Sagitta with the nova Sge 2026 / V488 Sge marked with lines. The bright star to the upper left of the image is Delta Sagittae. Captured with a Canon 250D through an Evostar 72ED telescope on a Star Adventurer mount. Settings: 44x 6s exp, 420mm fl, f/5.8, ISO-1600.

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