Image: NASA- Daniel Lopez; IAC (Zodiacal Light) View Lovely Perseid meteor showers around the world: NASA-View.
"The Perseids
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The show begins after sunset on Tuesday, August 11th, and continues until dawn on Wednesday, August 12th. During the long night, sky watchers could see dozens of meteors per hour.
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A time of particular interest is 0800 UT (1 am PDT) on August 12th. That’s when Earth is expected to pass through a denser-than-usual filament of dust from the shower’s parent Comet Swift-Tuttle. For an hour or so, rates could surge to 200 per hour. Bright moonlight will blot out many of those Perseids, but even a fraction of 200 is a good show. read.
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