Annual August Perseids meteor shower
August 13th 2010 06:38
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The month of August brings in the annual Perseids meteor shower. This particular show is one of the best to see at maximum activity it nominally yields 90 to 100 meteors per hour.
People in cities or near bright lights will still be able to see the brightest ones. The phenomenon is visible each year from late July to late August. The shower will be seen to come from the constellation of Perseus within the constellation of Cassiopeia. The peak of the shower should be around the 12- 14 of August.
There are many types of meteor showers these are referred to as outbursts which can be intense meteor showers which may produce greater than 9,000 meteors an hour. Meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth’s atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel path to the meteor stream.
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The Perseid meteor shower is caused by debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle. A period 133 years Swift-Tuttle sweeps through the inner part of our Solar System and leaves behind a trail of dust and gravel.
The best time to see more frequent meteors is around 3:00am (Northern Hemisphere )look towards the North just above the horizon. For stargazers in the US look towards the North East for around 12:00am onwards.
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