As the Earth rumbles its way through space through July and August it apparently
passes through some meteoroid cloud. Admittedly I don't know the technicals but
from what I can gather our atmosphere and their debris put on quite a 'shooting star'
kind of show that reaches its maxium overnight tonight. Should be visible nowish
but is likely to peak tomorrow morning. I never see these sorts of things, living in
London but will pop out after "Outbreak" and see if I can see anything meteorish.
"This year the Perseids are visible from 17 July24 August. In Europe, the display
reaches its maximum before sunrise on 13 August, with 80100 meteors occurring
per hour. The new Moon on 12 August will also make for ideal observing conditions,
weather permitting."
More from the National Maritime Museum, who know about these things:
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.15573
and BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6940962.stm
as the name suggests - the Perseus area of the sky is the spot to focus on.
Fortunately I can recognise the W of Cassiopeia - it's kind of 'to the left'
Apparently they're going to kick in in the next ten mins or so, which is very
punctual of them hehe. I've never seen a shooting star or anything else shooty
in the sky... but I'm not getting my hopes up.
passes through some meteoroid cloud. Admittedly I don't know the technicals but
from what I can gather our atmosphere and their debris put on quite a 'shooting star'
kind of show that reaches its maxium overnight tonight. Should be visible nowish
but is likely to peak tomorrow morning. I never see these sorts of things, living in
London but will pop out after "Outbreak" and see if I can see anything meteorish.
"This year the Perseids are visible from 17 July24 August. In Europe, the display
reaches its maximum before sunrise on 13 August, with 80100 meteors occurring
per hour. The new Moon on 12 August will also make for ideal observing conditions,
weather permitting."
More from the National Maritime Museum, who know about these things:
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.15573
and BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6940962.stm
as the name suggests - the Perseus area of the sky is the spot to focus on.
Fortunately I can recognise the W of Cassiopeia - it's kind of 'to the left'
Apparently they're going to kick in in the next ten mins or so, which is very
punctual of them hehe. I've never seen a shooting star or anything else shooty
in the sky... but I'm not getting my hopes up.