Wanted to share with you all this opportunity to view a
great (possibly) meteor shower. We’ve
gone out to watch this one before and the fireballs are fantastic! Weather permitting, it is one that is worth
trying to see.
I’m going to be stretched out on my chaise on the deck for
this one!
“July
23-30 - Capricornids - From comet Honda-Mrkos-Padjusakova, these are bright
yellow meteors with many fireballs! This
is a terrific year for these meteors to be seen and enjoyed, since the moon
will be in quarter and gibbous phases and in the sky during evening and until
after midnight from July 28-31 for the duration of this activity; the radiant
for these meteors is very low in SE sky at dark and south of overhead for
mid-northern latitudes by midnight; best chance for the best meteors will be
after about 1:30 a.m. local time when the dark side of the earth will be
turning directly into the path of the meteor stream. Even in moonlight this can be a spectacular
shower, so this year - with a bright troublesome moonlight in the sky - sleep
early and observe late!”
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