CHICAGO - Astronomers and stargazers alike have a plethora of celestial events to view over the next 7 days.

Friday, August 8 and Saturday, August 9: View the full "Sturgeon Moon"

Sunday, August 10: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will form a conga line in the sky!

Tuesday, August 12 and Wednesday August 13: The Perseid Meteor Shower will set the night sky ablaze.

What we know:

As they say, the show must go on, regardless of what the weather throws in the way.

On Friday and Saturday, the chances of viewing the full moon are stellar with only a 20% chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorm; furthermore, any storm that is in the area will be reliant upon the daytime heating.

Thus, any pesky storm during the evening hours will dissipate so as to not obstruct t

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