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thescienceofreality:

Just a reminder that these expectant numbers are predictions for the best viewing circumstances. Ie. far away from light pollution [towns, cities, etc.], and are best achieved if you stay out all night to get the full effect. Also, it takes about half an hour for your eyes to fully adjust to the night sky so you can see all the stars, planets, and the Perseids themselves. Because of this, everyone should get outside and settled about fourty-five minutes before you plan on starting to watch this awesome meteor shower. That way your eyes will be fully adjusted once you’re ready to start watching! 
“These swift-moving meteors start to streak across the nighttime sky by mid to late evening. As evening deepens into late night, the number of meteors starts to increase. The intensity picks up all the more after midnight, and the greatest numbers of meteors typically bombard the sky in the dark hours just before dawn. At mid-northern latitudes, you may see as many as 50 Perseid meteors per hour.
Appreciably south of the equator, the count will be less – perhaps 10 to 15 meteors per hour. Also, at southerly latitudes, the first Perseids probably won’t appear until midnight or the wee hours of the morning. That’s because the constellation Perseus – the radiant point for the Perseid meteors – is a far northern constellation. Perseus rises earlier in the evening and climbs higher in the sky at northerly latitudes.” [x]
Where ever you are, you should be able to catch some of the meteor shower if you go out  on these nights/early mornings & look up. You can learn more specifics here. Happy skywatching! 
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thescienceofreality:

Just a reminder that these expectant numbers are predictions for the best viewing circumstances. Ie. far away from light pollution [towns, cities, etc.], and are best achieved if you stay out all night to get the full effect. Also, it takes about half an hour for your eyes to fully adjust to the night sky so you can see all the stars, planets, and the Perseids themselves. Because of this, everyone should get outside and settled about fourty-five minutes before you plan on starting to watch this awesome meteor shower. That way your eyes will be fully adjusted once you’re ready to start watching! 

“These swift-moving meteors start to streak across the nighttime sky by mid to late evening. As evening deepens into late night, the number of meteors starts to increase. The intensity picks up all the more after midnight, and the greatest numbers of meteors typically bombard the sky in the dark hours just before dawn. At mid-northern latitudes, you may see as many as 50 Perseid meteors per hour.

Appreciably south of the equator, the count will be less – perhaps 10 to 15 meteors per hour. Also, at southerly latitudes, the first Perseids probably won’t appear until midnight or the wee hours of the morning. That’s because the constellation Perseus – the radiant point for the Perseid meteors – is a far northern constellation. Perseus rises earlier in the evening and climbs higher in the sky at northerly latitudes.” [x]

Where ever you are, you should be able to catch some of the meteor shower if you go out  on these nights/early mornings & look up. You can learn more specifics here. Happy skywatching! 

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inothernews:

discoverynews:

Asteroid the ‘Size of a Minivan’ Exploded Over California
The source of loud “booms” accompanied by a bright object traveling through the skies of Nevada and California on Sunday morning has been confirmed: it was a meteor. A big one.
keep reading

YOU’RE TOO LATE JAMES CAMERON.
ALSO IF EARTH HAS AN ASTEROID-TRACKING SYSTEM THEN IT REALLY REALLY SUCKS.
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inothernews:

discoverynews:

Asteroid the ‘Size of a Minivan’ Exploded Over California

The source of loud “booms” accompanied by a bright object traveling through the skies of Nevada and California on Sunday morning has been confirmed: it was a meteor. A big one.

keep reading

YOU’RE TOO LATE JAMES CAMERON.

ALSO IF EARTH HAS AN ASTEROID-TRACKING SYSTEM THEN IT REALLY REALLY SUCKS.

(via reagan-was-a-horrible-president)

Source: news.discovery.com

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cwnl:

Piece Of The Galaxy In Your Hands
That’s a fukang awesome meteorite!
Photo of a man holding a rare meteorite known as the Fukang Pallasite with sun rays passing through its crystals.
‘The Fukang meteorite was found in the mountains near Fukang, China in 2000. Pallasites are a type of stony–iron meteorite with beautiful olivine crystals.’
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cwnl:

Piece Of The Galaxy In Your Hands

That’s a fukang awesome meteorite!

Photo of a man holding a rare meteorite known as the Fukang Pallasite with sun rays passing through its crystals.

‘The Fukang meteorite was found in the mountains near Fukang, China in 2000. Pallasites are a type of stony–iron meteorite with beautiful olivine crystals.’

(via ikenbot)

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dvdp:

“A wide field meteor camera at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center recorded this spectacular meteor breaking up in Earth’s atmosphere on Sept. 30, 2011, 8:37 p.m. EDT. Also visible is a star-like object moving slowly toward the upper middle of the field of view — the upper stage of the Zenit booster that launched the Russian Cosmos 2219 intelligence satellite back in 1992. Orbiting 500 miles above Earth, this empty rocket body can get bright enough to be seen with the unaided eye.”
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“A wide field meteor camera at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center recorded this spectacular meteor breaking up in Earth’s atmosphere on Sept. 30, 2011, 8:37 p.m. EDT. Also visible is a star-like object moving slowly toward the upper middle of the field of view — the upper stage of the Zenit booster that launched the Russian Cosmos 2219 intelligence satellite back in 1992. Orbiting 500 miles above Earth, this empty rocket body can get bright enough to be seen with the unaided eye.”

(via slutgarden)

Source: nasa.gov

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