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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. A Perseids Story ... by MacEnvy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When I was in high school, I hiked to the top of a mountain (in my hometown in the Adirondacks) with a couple friends and my girlfriend (now my fiancee) in the middle of August. I was a nerd then as well, so I brought my Celestron 8" telescope. We had some incredible views of Mars and Jupitor on that trip, although the telescope obviously didn't help much for meteorites.

    Fantastic show. Do your best to see it, and you won't be disappointed. Unfortunately (and fortunately), it's not as good as the meteor shower in the fifth season of Stargate SG-1. But then again, we don't have catastrophic consequences either.

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  2. Dupe by boojum.cat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yet another dupe. This same story was posted a year ago.

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