As you layout and watch the fireworks displays this week, you may want to hang outside well after the last booms to see a conjunction.
"On July 2nd after sunset, there's going to be a conjunction between the planet Venus and an open cluster called the Beehive Cluster," said Tom Wildoner from the Darkside Observatory in Weatherly.
He explained how there's more than meets the eye with the Beehive Cluster.
"The Beehive contains roughly one thousand stars. Not that you can see a thousand. As an example, when Galileo first observed the Beehive Cluster in 1610, 400 years ago, he counted 40 stars in this cluster," Wildoner said.
Here's how you can see it.
"You'll want to wait until about 9:30 to 9:45 in the evening to see this. Wait until Venus is really low on the western horizon. Get a pair of binoculars and take a look at it," explained Wildoner. "If you're unfortunate and do not get to see it on July 2nd, wait until July 3rd, and the Beehive Cluster will be right below Venus."
The entire month of July is a great time for you night owls to get an interesting look at the Milky Way galaxy.
Use the Teapot as your guide around one in the morning.
"Inside the constellation, Sagittarius is an asterism called the Teapot," Wildoner said. "What's interesting with the teapot is from a dark sky location, you can see steam coming out from the front of the teapot. The steam that you're seeing is actually dust, gas, and clusters near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy."
If you want to check this out but don't like staying up so late, Wildoner says that in two month's time, you'll get the same view around 11 p.m.