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Day 85 -> Perseids

8/13/2013

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The Perseids last night in Stobi, Macedonia (Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)
     Sadly, I wasn't able to watch the meteor shower "Perseids", which happened today's dawn. When I went to the window and looked for it, I discovered that several clouds had spoiled the visibility (which was fine earlier). Humpf.
     The good news is that this meteor shower is an anual event, since Earth always crosses the route of the comet Swift-Tuttle (which these meteors follow). Swift passed close to the Sun for the last time in 1992. The meteor swarm usually has its peak activity around August 12 and 13, but the phenomena can be seen with less intensity starting from the second half of July until the end of August, as soon as the Perseus constellation starts to be visible in the sky.
~Ally
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