What's Up August? Part 1

Busy month ahead. Tonight (Wednesday August 3) we are bringing telescopes to Altadena, CA's Descanso Gardens for their End of Summer Festival. 5-10 p.m. telescopes from about 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. https://www.descansogardens.org/programs-events/calendar/ Next week is the famous Perseid Meteor Shower. Friday morning peak, but good rates the days before and after too. We'll be at Glacier Point for public Star Party August 12/13 Perseids writeup https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/meteors/perseids Perseids podcast https://youtu.be/0vE5Jr6HttU Another nice version: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/2016/07/29/whats-up-august-2016 Short Instagram version: https://www.instagram.com/p/BIlUTWghVTQ/?taken-by=nasajpl Awesome Tumblr version: http://nasa.tumblr.com/post/148352903509/whats-up-for-august-2016 More later, gotta pack telescopes for tonight!! Jane -- Jane Houston Jones @jhjones @otastro What's Up August? Perseids https://youtu.be/0vE5Jr6HttU