Here’s a brief look at what’s going on in the Mile High City this week.

August 25:

• Astronomy on Tap – Boulder: Rayback Collective, 2775 Valmont Rd, Boulder, CO 80304: 6:00 PM
• DAS E-Board Meeting: Zoom (look for the link in your membership email): 7:00 PM

August 26:

• Look for the waxing crescent Corn Moon between Mars and Spica in Virgo just after sunset: 8:30 PM

August 27:

• Look for a preview of the winter sky just before dawn — catch Orion, Taurus, Gemini, Lepus, Canis Major and Minor, and other winter constellations along with some bright planets in the early morning sky to the east: 5:00 AM

August 28:

• Standley Lake Stargazing: One Giant Leap: The Lunar Voyage of Apollo 8: Virtual Program: 6:00 PM

August 29:

• The waxing crescent Corn Moon reaches apogee – its farthest distance from Earth at 251,374 miles/404,548 km away: 10:00 AM

August 30:

• Catch the waxing crescent Corn Moon next to Antares in the constellation Scorpius: 9:00 PM
• Westcliffe Star Party: Smokey Jack Observatory: 8:45 PM

August 31:

• First Quarter Corn Moon: 12:25 AM

Check Out These Helpful Guides from DAS:

• Where to Explore the 2025 Denver Night Skies 
• When to Explore the 2025 Denver Night Skies
• What to Explore in the 2025 Denver Night Skies

Sky Map

• The pdf map of the night sky from SkyMaps.com can be found at https://www.skymaps.com/skymaps

This Week’s Meteoric Activity:

You can keep track of the activity of meteor showers as well as those beyond the limits of visual observing by visiting the NASA Meteor Shower Portal.

• Anthelion (ANT): 1:00 AM in central Aquarius: 3 per hour.
• Perseids (PER): last hour before dawn in southwestern Camelopardalis: 1 per hour.
• kappa Cygnids (KCG) 10:00 PM in southeastern Draco: 1 per hour.
• eta Eridanids (ERI) last hour before dawn in northern Eridanus: 1 per hour.
• zeta Draconids (ZDR) 8:00 PM in southeastern Draco: 1 per hour.
• Aurigids (AUR) Last hour before down in central Auriga: 1 per hour

Clear skies and happy stargazing!