Meteor Shower August 2009
Meteor Shower August 2009 – The Perseid meteor shower is one of the night sky shows of the year 2009 and it will so amazing.
According to space.com, the Perseid meteor shower, takes place August 11 – 12, 2009, “The Perseids regularly produce 50 to 150 meteors per hour, more than 1 per minute, under dark skies. This year’s peak hourly rate is expected to be on the low end of the range, likely around 50.”
The best times to watch will be the overnight hours on August 11/12 and August 12/13, said Astronomers. “The peak is forecast to occur August 12, between 14h and 17h UT, or Universal Time,” said Rainer Arlt, an astronomer at Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam in Germany or 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT.
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