Right now, the Earth is passing through fragments and dust trails created by the Comet Swift-Tuttle and this means the Perseids Meteor Shower has started and will be getting stronger each day until its peak on August 12th. Lewis Swift and Horace Parnell-Tuttle discovered the Swift-Tuttle Comet in July of 1862. The comet passed by [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2010’
Perseids Meteor Shower Shoots the Moon
The Perseids Meteor Shower could be one of the best meteor showers of the year. Every year in August the Perseids ignite the air and create spectacular streaks of light all across the morning and night skies. One of the biggest problems when viewing a meteor shower is man-made light or light pollution. Our city [...]
Perseids Meteor Shower is Perseus a Hero?
In July there are three minor meteor showers and a major meteor shower. July starts a period of usually heroic summer meteor shower events. The most notable meteor shower of July, the Perseids, starts July 17th and will peak in mid August. In the chart below you will notice the column entitled ZHR. ZHR stands [...]
