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Perseids This is the most famous of all meteor showers. It is always an impressive display and offer for its appearance in the summer it tends to see the majority of the meteors of non-enthusiasts of astronomy give. This meteor shower gets the name "Perseids" because it seems to radiate from the constellation Perseus. An observer can begin in the northern hemisphere Perseid meteors to be seen as early as July 23 when one meteor every hour or so could be visible. During the next three weeks,It is a slow build. It is possible to five Perseids per hour at the beginning of August and perhaps 15 per hour from 10 August on the ground. The Perseids rapidly increase to a peak of 50-80 meteors per hour through the night August 12/13 and then to decline rapidly about 10 per hour to 15 August.
Dark Sky Week is here! Time for more objects like the fabulous summer cirrus cloud explore. It's a great object to discover especially with large aperature scope - say 18 inches and larger. A number of large red spot transits this week. The ISS is visible in the evening once or twice per night this week. Meteor activity increases this time of year, so you could see a few Alpha Capricornids and some early Perseids.