How to watch 2 meteor showers dueling in the skies this month

Summer nights are some of the shortest of the year, and while that isn’t always great for stargazing, July isn’t lacking when it comes to skywatching events to look forward to. The full “Thunder Moon” is expected to rise on July 21, but even better than that, we’re expecting dueling meteor showers later this month.

The meteor showers we’re expecting to see in our skies this year are the Southern Delta Aquarids and the Alpha Capircornids. The Southern Delta Aquarids are best seen from the southern tropics...