Posted on 08/09/2023 1:17:22 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: This is a good week to see meteors. Comet dust will rain down on planet Earth, streaking through dark skies during peak nights of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower. The featured composite image was taken during the 2018 Perseids from the Poloniny Dark Sky Park in Slovakia. The dome of the observatory in the foreground is on the grounds of Kolonica Observatory. Although the comet dust particles travel parallel to each other, the resulting shower meteors clearly seem to radiate from a single point on the sky in the eponymous constellation Perseus. The radiant effect is due to perspective, as the parallel tracks appear to converge at a distance, like train tracks. The Perseid Meteor Shower is expected to reach its highest peak on Saturday after midnight. Since a crescent Moon will rise only very late that night, cloudless skies will be darker than usual, making a high number of faint meteors potentially visible this year.
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Always too cloudy in southern AZ during the Perseids.
Perseids from Perseus?
As opposed from Perseids from Poughkeepsie?...............
Those aren’t meteors. They’re bad guys Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked into orbit. They reenter and land mostly OK but it’s lesson learned. Don’t mess with Chuck Norris.
Neat picture.
Or Perseids from Persepolis . . . Heh. :-)
Wow.
" Perseid meteor shower 2023: All you need to know
Perseid meteors have been streaking through Earth's atmosphere since mid-July. But the shower is rising to its peak now, which will come this weekend. And the moon is now waning. Should you wait until the peak mornings of August 11, 12 and 13? Well … with the moon waning, you'll have more hours of dark sky if you do wait for the peak. But - especially if you have a dark sky - you might see a Perseid meteor streak across the sky any time now. The best hours to watch are between midnight and dawn. Read about 2023's Perseid meteor shower."
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