It's been a great week for stargazing, the Perseid meteor shower reaching its peak and Venus and Jupiter looking beautiful together in the morning sky.
Next week we'll be greeted by the August 2025 planet alignment when Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, the Moon and Uranus will be parading in a line in the morning sky.
Thanks to everyone who sent us their images of the Venus-Jupiter conjunction. Here are some of the best.
Vinod Sawlani captured this image of Venus and Jupiter on the morning of 12 August 2025 from the south of FranceVenus and Jupiter as seen by Asnath from South Africa, 12 August 2025Carole Azzarito caught Venus and Jupiter in the early morning sky, Carnforth, Lancashire, UK, 12 August 2025, 04:30 BSTWendy Siperki photographed Venus and Jupiter just about poking above the trees in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 12 August 2025, 06:00 local timeVenus and Jupiter captured by Chirag Upreti over Croton Reservoir in NY State, USA, 12 August 2025, 05:23 local time. Equipment: Sony A7R3 camera, Sony 24-70mm Sony G lens. Exposure: ISO 200, 24mm, f/5.6, 1.5secAngela Hegarty captured Venus and Jupiter between the trees from Aintree, Liverpool, UK, 12 August 2025, 04:00 local timeBarbara Konopka's view of Venus and Jupiter over West Yorkshire, Luddenden village, Calder Valley, 12 August 2025Gordon Moyer used an Android smartphone to capture this view of Venus and Jupiter in the dawn twilight over the the Tucson Mountain Range, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 12 August 2025, 05:10 local timeKiran Parghi photographed the Venus-Jupiter conjunction of 12 August 2025 at 04:48 local time from Coquitlam, BC, CanadaPetra Neumann captured this image of Venus und Jupiter from Leubnitz, Dresden, Germany on 12 August 2025 at 04:12 local time
If you like to capture images of the night sky, send us your images and they could appear in a future issue of BBC Sky at Night Magazine
