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Perseid Meteor Shower
Well, according to space.about.com, the Perseid Meteor Shower will be at it’s peak tonight. Between about 11:00 till about 4:00am go to a place without much light pollution and look up. The website states the following,
“Like a messy tourist, the comet Swift-Tuttle passed through our solar system in 1992 (as it did in 1863) leaving behind its trash; tiny grains of ice, dust, rock, and other debris. As the Earth makes its trip around the sun, we pass through this debris field with some spectacular results (The Perseid Meteor Shower).
The Perseid Meteor Shower, like other meteor showers, is named after the constellation from which it first appeared to have come, Perseus, which is located near Cassiopeia. While at times the Perseid Meteor Shower has peaked at 400 – 1000 meteorites an hour, expect tomorrow’s peak to be closer to 60 per hour.”
So look up at the sky tonight for a great show!
