A friend invited me to go stargazing sometime this month. I was wondering what so special about it since the invitation was set at the 12th August. Apparently July 17th till august 24th 2008 is the period where we could observe the famous Perseid meteor shower.
The Perseid meteor shower has been observed for about 2000 years, with the first known sighting from the middle east.
The peak of this meteor shower this year, is said to be on the 12th of August. I was told that one can observe dozens of "shooting stars" per hour on that day.
For those interested in doing their own stargazing, try looking up the sky at around 2am on the said date.
A good night to spend with loved one perhaps?
8 comments:
good to be in an open space to catch this! :)
i guess i will rather sleep...need to wake up early the next day!
I've never caught a shooting star. It'll be romantic to catch it with a loved one.. :)
Addie,
Yeah, it should be fun
Nux,
You should try, you might end up liking it!
THB,
Go catch your other half and go watch it then :P
Saw it last year while camping. Had no idea what it was until later. It was incredible! I kept thinking how lucky I was to have seen so many shooting stars in one night!
did i miss it? cos u said aug12th 2am.. am i supposed to stay up aug 11th or aug 12th? hahaha i don get ur timing
jodi,
Yeah the sight was great. It was great to see it for myself the first time too.
Fritz,
on the 12th 2am lah!
What makes me wonder is why you have added a photo of a comet (concretely C/2001 Q4 Neat, if I'm not mistaken). It's slightly confusing - a meteor looks more like a line.
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