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Sky Watch - the night skies above Petersfield in August 2025

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Sky Watch by Geoff Burt

A month-by-month guide to our night skies. Written by astronomer Geoff Burt and presented by Claire Vennis from inside the South Downs National Park  
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August is a great month for stargazing in the ‘Petersphere’! We’re still in Summer, yet the nights have drawn out enough to allow properly dark skies between twilights. Temperatures are comfy overnight, unlike the chill of Winter, and we have a superb shooting star display coming up!

And this month we ponder an often-asked question as to whether there’s a philosophical or even spiritual element to observing the universe. Listen to this month's Sky Watch to find out more.

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