Perseids Meteor Shower
Just a heads up to everyone, the Perseid Meteor shower which can be seen through much of August will be peaking this weekend! (August 11-12). If you are observing in the right conditions you could see up to sixty meteors an hour.
How do you observe this meteor shower? Make sure you head out to a location with very little light pollution. Out in the country is by far the best place for that sort of thing; however a large city park with few streetlights would be the next best option for the city dweller. The best time to start looking for meteors will be around midnight, if you can you should be looking towards the eastern horizon about halfway up the sky.
The meteors will seem to be originating from the constellation of Perseus. An easy way to find Perseus is to look for the Milky Way in the sky, then locate the large W shaped constellation (Cassiopeia) and look north of that constellation. Perseus is a harder constellation to see because of his abstract shape however he resembles a stick figure "walking" through the sky.
How do you observe this meteor shower? Make sure you head out to a location with very little light pollution. Out in the country is by far the best place for that sort of thing; however a large city park with few streetlights would be the next best option for the city dweller. The best time to start looking for meteors will be around midnight, if you can you should be looking towards the eastern horizon about halfway up the sky.
The meteors will seem to be originating from the constellation of Perseus. An easy way to find Perseus is to look for the Milky Way in the sky, then locate the large W shaped constellation (Cassiopeia) and look north of that constellation. Perseus is a harder constellation to see because of his abstract shape however he resembles a stick figure "walking" through the sky.
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