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With later bedtimes and clearer skies (hopefully), August is a good month to enjoy stargazing.

So what might you find if you look up at the night sky over the next few weeks?

If you're lucky, you could spot a meteor shower, the planet Jupiter and even a great big bear.

Newsround caught up with Ezzy Pearson, stargazer and writer for the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sky at Night magazine.

She said: "For the whole of August you should be able to see the planet Jupiter.

"It will be the brightest thing in the sky after the Moon, so you will definitely know when you've seen it."

Leading up to 12 August will be the best time to see a meteor shower if you look up at the night sky.

It's something that happens every year but if you get a chance to go outside after 8.30pm on 12 August, you might see the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.

"A meteor shower happens when the Earth passes through a stream of debris that's been left behind by a comet," Ezzy told Newsround.

"When our planet passes through that stream, tiny pieces of gravel hit the Earth's atmosphere and glow bright white hot."

Something you might be able to see all year round is the constellation of Ursa Major, otherwise known as the Great Bear.

If you can't see the whole constellation, then a small part of it called the Plough might be easier to spot.

"The Plough is one of the things that astronomers use to start helping them to navigate the night sky," says Ezzy.

If you're lucky enough to have clear skies and the weather isn't too chilly, here are some top tips to help you spot stars and planets in the night sky.