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Perseid Shower

Posted by michael on from the too-cloudy-and-light-polluted dept.

Space.com writes "August is usually regarded as "meteor month" in the Northern Hemisphere, as one of the best shooting star displays of the year reaches its peak near midmonth. The annual Perseid meteor shower is beloved by everyone from meteor enthusiasts to summer campers. The Perseids are predicted to peak overnight on Aug. 12-13, when Earth travels through the middle of a belt of debris laid down in space by comet Swift-Tuttle."

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  1. Unfortunately... by GeoGreg · · Score: 3, Insightful

    it's the full moon right now. Not the best time to be observing meteors.

    1. Re:Unfortunately... by madape · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Yeah.... Shame that the article wasn't posted earlier - it's pretty clear that the best chance to see something was this past weekend when there was a "window of opportunity" between moonset and the break of dawn.

      Kinda like the friend who tells you about the great party that you missed last weekend...