High above the crowds in Oak Bluffs Friday night, there will be rockets with red, blue and yellow glare. It will be a royal display.

This month there are two pairs of planets moving through our skies.

Sunday night’s full moon is the largest of the year, only because it is the closest.

August is shooting star month. Why? For one, more people are outside stargazing in August because it is comfortable to be outside at night.

A thin crescent moon appears low in the southwestern sky next week.

The moon has left our evening sky and is more favorably placed for viewing early in the morning.