August 2026 Austin Sky Guide: Perseids, a Lunar Eclipse, Austinhenge, and the Best Star Parties of the Summer

Y’all, August is an absolutely stacked month for skywatchers in Central Texas. I mean it — if there’s one month this year to drag your lawn chair into the backyard and actually look up, it’s this one. We’ve got the Perseid meteor shower, a near-total lunar eclipse, a quirky downtown sunset phenomenon, and multiple community…