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Articles related to "Perseids"
The Summer Triangle & Perseids The Perseid meteors are spoiled by a nearly full moon but the Summer Triangle never disappoints. Use it to find the Milky Way and the most beautiful double cluster. summer triangle • perseid • meteor shower • august 12 • milky way
A Good Year for the Perseids We are coming up on the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, and it falls only 4 days prior to the New Moon. a good year for the perseids • gregg m. pasterick • amateur astronomy • stars • planets
Planets and Perseids This month's highlights are, as usual for August, planets and Perseids. The planets in question are Venus and Jupiter, which pick up the slack from the gathering of Venus, Mercury, and Saturn earlier in the summer. The Perseids are ... well, the Perseids. planets and perseids • gregg m. pasterick • amateur astronomy • mercury • venus
The Night Sky for August 2007 Venus and Saturn set while Jupiter takes dominance. A total lunar eclipse and major meteor shower occur in the second half of the month. stargazing • planets • moon • meteor shower • eclipse
August Events: Eclipse and meteor showers Participate in the last solar eclipse of the millenium, with the best interactive sites online. eclipse • moon • sun • solar eclipse • perseids
S is for Stargazing The nights are made for stargazing in the North Country!! stars • constellations • planets • meteors • meteor shower
Mars and Meteor Showers Mars grows brighter and meteors streak across the sky. mars and meteor showers • gregg m. pasterick • amateur astronomy • jupiter • saturn
From Comet Swift-Tuttle Some years you can view a vivid meteor shower. Other years, the meteor's lightshow is choked out by the brightness of the moon. comet swift-tuttle • perseids • perseid meteor shower • louis swift • horace tuttle
Annual Meteor Showers Important facts on all the major meteor showers throughout the year. meteor showers • quadrantids • lyrids • eta aquarids • southern delta aquarids
Of Falling Stars and Meteor Showers Have you ever seen a falling star? Not really! Join me as we learn about meteors and meteor showers. Let's find out what meteors are where they come from. meteor showers • streaks of light • falling stars • stars • meteors
The Beginning of Meteor Season During July, it is possible to see more meteors than during August, when the Perseids peak. But it takes a lot of hours out under clear, dark skies to pull it off. All these meteors are the result of a handful of meteor showers: the Piscis-Austrinids, the North and South Delta Aquarids, the South Iota Aquarids, the Alpha Capricornids, and, of course, the Perseids. the beginning of meteor season • gregg m. pasterick • amateur astronomy • stars • planets
The Usual Planetary Metaphors and Meteor Shower Hangovers Well, June's gathering of planets becomes July's metaphor for relationships as Saturn, now smitten with the Sun, disappears into its glare early in the month. And then there's the meteor shower hangover... the usual planetary metaphors and meteor shower ha • gregg m. pasterick • amateur astronomy • saturn • sun
Things to do and see in 2004 ...let’s look ahead and see what 2004 has in store for us sleepless stargazers, fanciful dreamers, and lovelorn … well, maybe not the lovelorn. Anyway... things to do and see in 2004 • gregg m. pasterick • amateur astronomy • star gazing • planets
Leonids Past; a Little Self-Indulgence I’m going to be a little self-indulgent this month pondering the Leonid meteor shower. Oh sure, there’s other stuff going on in the night sky during November, but I've got Leonids on my mind. leonids past; a little self-indulgence • gregg m. pasterick • amateur astronomy • mercury • venus
Me, June, and a Meteor Shower A little about me and the late-in-the-month, little-observed June Bootid meteor shower, which has a predicted peak on June 27th. Because the moon is just two days shy of new, it is an excellent year to investigate this small shower, possibly making a contribution to what we know about it. me • june and a meteor shower • gregg m. pasterick • amateur astronomy • stars
Shooting Stars Have you ever been out stargazing on a dark night when suddenly you saw a bright streak through the sky? We call these "shooting stars" but they aren't really stars at all. stars • meteors • perseid meteor shower • perseus • sun
Orionid Meteor Shower 2006 The Orionid meteor shower springs to life this weekend as a new moon stays out of the way of October's best shooting *stars*. orionids • 2006 • observing • meteor shower • halley's comet
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson A short bibliography and review of Spin, the latest Hugo Award winning novel by Robert Charles Wilson robert charles wilson • a hidden place • ray bradbury • something wicked this way comes • tom reamy
The Night Sky for August 2008 August is packed with planet activity, including the chance to see all five classical planets at once. And don't miss summer's favorite meteor shower! five planets seen at once • perseid meteor shower • summer's best shooting stars • triple planetary conjunction • what is that star by the moon
Highlights of 2005 and a January Comet Looking ahead, a few night-sky highlights elbow each other aside for attention. As for this, the first month of this new year, the highlight might be Comet C/2004 Q2 Macholz, one of two comets discovered last year by amateur astronomers. highlights of 2005 and a january comet • gregg m. pasterick • amateur astronomy • stars • planets
Shooting Stars Those of you who know me know I majored in astronomy. Those of you who know me better know that I spent a quarter of a century plotting meteors and recording meteor shower data, mostly of the Perseid meteor shower in August. Given this, it shouldn't be difficult for you to imagine how sublimely pleasing it was for me to finally come across my first Shooting Stars along the Blue Ridge Parkway three years back. shooting stars • gregg m. pasterick • wildflowers of north america • botany • ecology
Stargazing for Beginners - August Planets, constellations and meteor showers visible in the August night sky. august • night sky • jupiter • neptune • uranus |
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