New Zealand Local Weather Forum
Climate and Science => Space, Science and Nature => Topic started by: Martin4Jay on August 09, 2016, 12:41:43 AM
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PERSEID METEOR OUTBURST: Do you love the Perseid meteor shower? This year, you will love it even more. Forecasters say the 2016 Perseids should be twice as active as usual, filling the sky with 200+ meteors per hour on peak nights between Aug. 11th and 13th. This is happening because Earth is heading for an unusually rich stream of debris from parent comet Swift-Tuttle. Visit SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids (http://spaceweather.com) for sky maps, observing tips, and links to live webcasts of the Perseid outburst.