Have you watched the Perseid meteor shower?
Of course, this year's Perseid shower has the advantage of being active near the August 14 New Moon. Since the nearly New Moon doesn't rise before the morning twilight many fainter meteors are easier to spot until then, with no interference from bright moonlight.
The Perseid meteor shower last occurred near a New Moon in 2013. That's when the exposures used to construct this image were made, under dark, moonless skies from Hvar Island off the coast of Croatia.
The widefield composite includes 67 meteors streaming from the heroic constellation Perseus, the shower's radiant, captured during 2013 August 8-14 against a background of faint zodiacal light and the Milky Way. The next moonless Perseid meteor shower will be in August 2018.
Image & info via APOD
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Last night on a work detail saw about a dozen white streaks across horizon. It was nice to watch........and wonder
ReplyDeleteI've been watching them, it's great just to lay down in the back garden and look up at the show. I'm lucky to live in the countryside, where there's very little light pollution.
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