A big meteor shower will be happening this evening. Friday August 13 is when the annual Perseids 2010 shower will be happening. The Perseids in 2010 could be better than average because there can be no moon in the sky during the peak of activity. The northeast sky is where you need to look from midnight to dawn to find 75 meteors each hour. You don’t even have to get a telescope.
Meteor watch happening for the Perseids 2010 shower
The big meteor shower tonight known as the Perseids 2010 is the grand finale during a classic night of summer stargazing. According to NASA, a “tight conjunction” of Venus, Saturn, Mars and also the moon can be shown right at sundown by any who watches. When the planets fall below the horizon about 10 p.m. the Perseids 2010 begin. If you need to know where you should be looking at 10 p.m. for the meteors to start raining, try looking at the Perseus constellation. Meteors will come faster when the Perseus constellation gets higher to the sky and it gets darker. If you’re hoping you will be able to meteor watch and want to know the best time, well then right before dawn on Friday morning there will be one meteor a minute coming down.
Tips for meteor watching
Alan Boyle at MSNBC gives a few tips for getting more enjoyment out of meteor watching. Discover a place far from light pollution and out of the city where the sky is going to be the darkest for you. A higher elevation is going to help you a bit. Bring a blanket or a chaise lounge; lying on the hood of your car propped up against the windshield is also good. Wear something to keep you warm. Bring some tunes. Give your eyes plenty of time to adjust and look straight up. You won’t be able to see the Perseids 2010 very well until after midnight has hit. The peak generally comes just before morning twilight begins.
Meteor shower photography suggestions
The meteor shower that is happening is a great place to get some new photos. Pop Photo offers some helpful meteor photography tips. Don’t use long-exposures or wide-open apertures because lights from the city could mean the image is ruined. Your finger on a shutter button will really help keep the images from being blurred with a cable release. Make an effort to avoid getting light streaks in the picture by putting something within the foreground. Use a wide, fast lens and fiddle until you get the right ISO and exposure time. Just keep taking pictures.
Why Perseids 2010 is going to be so amazing
The Perseids 2010 occur when the Earth passes through the dust cloud of the Swift-Tuttle comet. The Christian Science Monitor reports that the Swift-Tuttle comet swings around the sun once each and every 135 years, spewing dust and gas as it nears the sun and heats up. The comet was seen previously in 1992. Each pass of the comet slowly thickens the dust stream it leaves behind. The dust stream Swift-Tuttle has left behind is denser than usual, and Earth will pass through that.
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NASA
science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/05aug_perseids/” href=”http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/05aug_perseids/
MSNBC
cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/08/11/4869749-see-and-hear-the-meteor-show
Pop Photo
popphoto.com/features/how/2010/08/how-photographing-perseid-meteor-shower
Christian Science Monitor
csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0812/Meteor-shower-August-2010-how-you-can-get-the-best-view
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