The 2006 Perseid Meteor shower is here!


I just spent a pleasant hour outside watching a few beautiful meteors. Two long, slow ones with golden sparkly trails, and one faster blue/white one without a trail Read Sky and Telescope's Guide to The Perseids! Here's Astronomy Magazine's coverage, this from New Scientist, from Space.About.com... and, of course, NASA.

To quote Jack Horkheimer, "keep looking up!"

Posted: Sat - August 12, 2006 at 01:38 AM             |

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