The meteor shower will peak before dawn early tomorrow morning (August 12th) but can still be seen tonight after dark. Bill Cooke from NASA advises to “get away from city lights,” for maximum effect. I will be taking Cooke’s advice to the extreme as I will be watching the meteor shower from the vantage of [...]
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August 5, 2008
Perseid Meteor Shower – August 12
Mark your calendar and set your alarm clock: The 2008 Perseid meteor shower will reach it’s peak intensity just before dawn on August 12! According to Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center, “there should be plenty of meteors–perhaps one or two every minute.”
Why will the Perseid Meteor [...]
