Where's Saturn? Is that a UFO--or the ISS? What's the name of that
star? Get the answers from mySKY--a
fun new astronomy helper from Meade. PERSEID
METEOR SHOWER: The Perseid meteor shower peaked this morning,
Aug. 13th, and by most accounts it was a good show. Meteor rates
were lower than expected, but in recompense the display was spiced
with many bright fireballs.
"This bright Perseid competed with the twilight of dawn as
the meteor zipped along the Milky Way towards the bright star Altair,"
reports photographer Thad V'Soske
in Grand Valley, Colorado:
Photo details: Canon
20D, ISO3200, 45-sec, 5:05am.
The shower is subsiding now, but it is not over yet.
Tonight sky watchers can expect to see a continued drizzle of meteors,
perhaps one-third as many as during the weekend. Stay tuned for
updates and more photos.
2007
Perseid Meteor Gallery
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map]
ARACHNID METEOR SHOWER:
This weekend in San Francisco, Mila
Zinkova photographed a very strange meteor cutting through the
branches of a tree. It wasn't a Perseid. Zooming
out reveals the true nature of this Arachnid meteor:
"It's a spider's web," says Zinkova: click
here. Sunlight glinting through the silken strand created a
pseudo-meteor in the shadows of the tree. "It's been so foggy
here in San Francisco lately, this may be the only meteor I see
this month!"
Readers, whenever you see a spider web in sunlight,
pause to look. Arachnid meteors are just one of the
many
things you might
see.
.2007
Noctilucent Cloud Gallery
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Cameras] ["Noctilucent
Cloud"--the song]
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