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The Perseids!
Below is a clipping from the Washington Post!
Looks like August 12-13th will be the peak!
Get some lawn chairs and some bug spray and enjoy the free show!
Get as far away from city lights as possible!
Provided we get clear, cloudless night skies, the annual Perseids probably will put on a nice display, especially at their peak on the nights of Aug. 12-13, with a heavier dose of meteors toward the morning hours, according to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. On the evening of Aug. 12, the waning crescent moon sets at 6:44 p.m., according to the U.S. Naval Observatory. Because the moon is on the verge of its new phase, the darker sky — free of a moonlight — means more meteors to see.
At the peak, after midnight Aug. 13, the Royal Astronomical Society predicts about 90 meteors an hour, and the American Meteor Society (AMS) predicts about 100. (You won’t be able to see all of them.) Sky gazers can enjoy an occasional Perseid meteor from now through the peak, and then until about Aug. 26, the AMS says.
Below is a clipping from the Washington Post!
Looks like August 12-13th will be the peak!
Get some lawn chairs and some bug spray and enjoy the free show!
Get as far away from city lights as possible!
Provided we get clear, cloudless night skies, the annual Perseids probably will put on a nice display, especially at their peak on the nights of Aug. 12-13, with a heavier dose of meteors toward the morning hours, according to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. On the evening of Aug. 12, the waning crescent moon sets at 6:44 p.m., according to the U.S. Naval Observatory. Because the moon is on the verge of its new phase, the darker sky — free of a moonlight — means more meteors to see.
At the peak, after midnight Aug. 13, the Royal Astronomical Society predicts about 90 meteors an hour, and the American Meteor Society (AMS) predicts about 100. (You won’t be able to see all of them.) Sky gazers can enjoy an occasional Perseid meteor from now through the peak, and then until about Aug. 26, the AMS says.
