Set your calendar- and your alarm clock!

Make it a point to get up before sunrise on August 12. An unusually close planet Mars (see it through a telescope if you can!) will share the skies with what ought to be a nice edition of the Perseid meteor shower.

The Perseids result from the Earth's orbit taking us through the path of debris from short period Comet Swift-Tuttle every August. Obviously, the further you can get from city lights, the bettter.