The Night Sky for the Week of 7-12-26

This week’s sky, July 10–19, offers a variety of celestial highlights. Early mornings feature the waning crescent Moon aligning with Mars, Aldebaran, and later Beta Tauri. Evenings showcase the Big Dipper turning, Cassiopeia rising, and opportunities to spot noctilucent clouds. Antares and Scorpius dominate the southern sky, with its tail and the Cat’s Eyes stars leading to clusters M7 and M6. Venus shines as the brilliant Evening Star near Regulus before descending weekly, while Mars glows in dawn skies, and Saturn becomes a prime telescopic target around midnight. Uranus and Neptune remain faint, distant objects requiring charts for identification. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/observing-news/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-july-10-19/