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Perseid meteor show peaks tonight
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Posted on Thursday, August 12 2010 @ 12:43:23 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck |
The annual Perseid meteor show hits its peak tonight, stargazers can expect to see dozens of meteors this night in areas with little light pollution. The meteors are most apparent in the north-east part of the sky near the Perseus constellation, but they can streak across much of the night sky.
PERSEID METEOR SHOWER: The annual Perseid meteor shower is underway. Earth is passing through a wide stream of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, and each time a fleck of comet dust hits Earth's atmosphere--flash!--there is a meteor. Forecasters say the shower will peak on Thursday, August 12th, and Friday, August 13th. You can see Perseids flitting across the sky at any time between about 10 pm on Thursday evening and sunrise on Friday morning. Observers who get away from city lights can expect to count dozens of meteors per hour, especially during the dark hours before dawn.
Tune into http://spaceweather.com for full coverage of the shower, including a live meteor radar, a "fireball cam," updated meteor counts and pictures from around the world.
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