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Go outside and look up...Perseid Meteor Shower is Peaking
Posted on 8/12/20 at 1:08 am
Posted on 8/12/20 at 1:08 am
WBRZ: Meteor shower visible next two nights
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You will have to stay up very late, but the annual Perseid Meteor Shower will be at peak activity and viewing over the next few nights. For the 2020 edition, timing the waning crescent moon will be important to catch a glimpse. The wee morning hours of August 12 and 13 are expected to offer the most darkness. Moonrise will occur at 12:37am and 1:14am respectively on those dates, so aim to view around midnight. However, as long as moonlight does not interfere too much, meteors are actually most frequent right up to dawn. Meteors will still be visible earlier, but activity tends to increase into the overnight hours. Those early evening hours, though, are the best time to see an "earthgrazer" which is a long-lived meteor that travels horizontally across the sky. The Perseid Meteor Shower happens every year at about this time as the orbit of Earth crosses into the path of Comet Swift-Tuttle. Dusty debris left behind from the comet crashes into Earth's atmopshere, lightning up the dark sky.
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Posted on 8/12/20 at 1:09 am to Misnomer
Wear a helmet if you go out.
Posted on 8/12/20 at 1:12 am to GeorgeTheGreek
You can’t tell me what to do.
Posted on 8/12/20 at 1:22 am to Misnomer
quote:muh rights!!!!!!!
You can’t tell me what to do.
Posted on 8/12/20 at 1:25 am to Misnomer
I didn't see anything. Really clear night too. Mars is very visible though.
Posted on 8/12/20 at 1:27 am to noonan
I'm offshore. What is the bright one just above the moon right now?
Posted on 8/12/20 at 1:29 am to Potchafa
Uranus
I actually opened up the Skywalk app on my phone and uranus was in fact the closest one to the moon.
But really I think you are seeing Mars. But maybe it actually is uranus.
I actually opened up the Skywalk app on my phone and uranus was in fact the closest one to the moon.
But really I think you are seeing Mars. But maybe it actually is uranus.
This post was edited on 8/12/20 at 1:32 am
Posted on 8/12/20 at 1:46 am to noonan
I recommend Sky Guide if you aren’t sure where Uranus is. It has a great search function. Unless you have a good scope you can’t see it.
Posted on 8/12/20 at 2:32 am to Misnomer
Didn’t see any in the 10 mins I was outside. I’ve got too many trees and streetlights for good viewing. I’ll catch some before dawn on way to work.
Posted on 8/12/20 at 2:36 am to Misnomer
I was driving really early in the morning two nights ago. Now I know what that was in the sky. Thought I was seeing things 
Posted on 8/12/20 at 3:49 am to lsunatchamp
Just saw 4. Came back inside due to skeeters
Posted on 8/12/20 at 4:59 am to bushwacker
I’m trying to see sumthin
Posted on 8/12/20 at 5:32 am to The Cool No 9
Just saw one
Posted on 8/12/20 at 5:32 am to The Cool No 9
It was raining here last night and it is to cloudy now (or earlier) to see anything. (:
Posted on 8/12/20 at 5:46 am to Misnomer
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Go outside and look up
I caught some rain in my eyes.
Posted on 8/12/20 at 5:48 am to dbeck
Been out here since 5 and ain’t seen jack
Posted on 8/12/20 at 6:00 am to Misnomer
I was outside last weekend around 10 pm and saw a huge "shooting star" streak across the sky.
The only few I've seen before were just little zips of light. This one was like a blazing comet in a movie. It got your attention.
The only few I've seen before were just little zips of light. This one was like a blazing comet in a movie. It got your attention.
Posted on 8/12/20 at 8:24 am to Misnomer
That's basically exactly what sky walk looks like. That's how I figured out I was seeing Mars.
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