Sky & Scope This Week’s Sky at a Glance, August 17 – 25

[Alan MacRobert]

Lined up nearly vertically below the Moon August 18th are the stars marking the head of Scorpius. Lower left of the Moon is brighter Antares, an orange-red supergiant star. Farther left of the Moon are Saturn, then bright Mars.

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