Here are some of the things to see in August:

• 9 pm, western sky – Venus visible low above the horizon after sunset
• 9 pm, southwestern sky – Jupiter prominent in the evening sky, forming an arc with Venus and the crescent Moon on August 15
• 10 pm, southeastern sky – Mars and Saturn visible on either side of Sagittarius
• 10 pm, southeastern sky – Lyra constellation, recognizable for its parallelogram shape, with the bright star Vega, the quadruple star Epsilon Lyrae and the famous Ring Nebula
• 10 pm, eastern sky – Cygnus constellation with the prominent Northern Cross asterism, the binary star Albireo and the supergiant Deneb marking the Swan’s tail, the North America Nebula illuminated by Deneb, the clusters Messier 29 and Messier 39
• 10 pm, southeastern sky – Vulpecula constellation with the Dumbbell Nebula
• 10 pm, southeastern sky – Aquila constellation with the bright star Altair
• 10 pm, southeastern sky – the Summer Triangle, an asterism formed by Vega, Deneb and Altair, with the Coathanger asterism visible halfway between Altair and Albireo
• Comet Giacobini-Zinner possibly visible in the direction of Cassiopeia and Perseus in August and Auriga in early September
• August 11 – partial solar eclipse visible in remote parts of northern Canada and Russia
• 2 am, northeastern sky – Perseid meteor shower, peaking on the night of August 12 to 13, with several dozen meteors per hour visible in the moonless sky