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LUNAR ECLIPSE: This Saturday, August 16th, people on every continent except North America can see a lunar eclipse. At maximum, around 2110 UT, 81% of the Moon will be inside the red core of Earth's shadow. It's going to look something like this:
The eclipse lasts for more than three hours (19:36 UT to 22:44 UT), so there is plenty of time to gaze, drink coffee and take pictures. Follow the links for webcasts and more information:

* Live webcasts from the Netherlands; from Norway; from the Canary Islands; (these begin around 3:30 pm EDT)
* Find out when to look using an animated timetable or worldwide visibility map;
* Eclipse galleries: Feb. 20, 2008; Aug. 28, 2007; March 3, 2007;
* Technical details from NASA


PERSEID RECAP: Who knew the Perseids would be so good? The shower peaked on August 13th with as many as 135 meteors per hour, making it one of the best shows in years: data.

"What a fabulous display, with good numbers of bright meteors and lots of faint ones too," says Pierre Martin of Ottawa, Ontario. Using a Canon 30D, he photographed the Milky Way at two-minute intervals from moonset until dawn and created this composite image of the shower:

Earth is exiting the Perseid debris stream now, bringing the shower to an end, although it will be back in August 2009. Until then, browse the gallery:
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