06 August 2016

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06AUG2016

This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 5 – 13
Sky & Telescope
The annual Perseid meteor shower should peak late tonight. The Moon, just past first quarter, sets around 1 a.m., leaving the sky dark for the best ...

Look To the Sky: Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Next Week on Aug 11-12
The Science Explorer
With next week fast approaching, mark the dates of the 11th and 12th of August in your calendar as the famous Perseid Meteor Shower will bring a ...

Watch the amazing footage of Saturn an amateur stargazer has captured - on his mobile phone
Manchester Evening News
The event is one of the brightest and most active meteor showers of the year with up to 200 meteors or 'shooting stars' an hour expected in 2016 ...

Perseid meteor shower set for its best show in nearly 20 years
Astronomy Magazine
If you ask most skygazers to name their favorite meteor shower, the odds are good that “Perseid” will be the first word out of their mouths. This annual ...

Perseid meteor shower contained 14 fireballs over the US on August 4th
Signs of the Times
The Perseid meteor shower can also produce fireballs in the sky. In fact, last night 14 fireballs were produced from the Perseid meteor shower.

Look Up! The Perseid Meteor Shower Is Going to Be a Doozy This Year
Smithsonian
Every year, the Perseid meteor shower wows viewers when it reaches its peak mid-August. But this year the show promises to be better than ever.

Perseids 2016
International Meteor Organization
The activity graph below is updated every 15 minutes - click for details. Perseids 2016. Submitted by Geert Barentsen on Thu, 2016-08-04 20:51. More.

Museum to host Lovers' Day stargazing event
Taipei Times
In related news, the museum said stargazers could be treated to a spectacular Perseid meteor shower show on Thursday and Friday, with likely ...

Perseid Meteor Showers
Southern Utah Space Foundation
Join us Friday, August 12, 2016 at 8pm at Three Peaks Recreational Area to see the Perseid MeteorShowers and look through a large telescope.

Meteor shower to light up the sky real early on Aug. 12
Sudbury.com
This marks the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, when the debris from Swift-Tuttle burns up in our atmosphere and creates quite the light show, with ...

Meteor Madness with Dr. Sky Aug. 12 at Lost Dutchman State Park
Mesa Independent
Dr. Sky, aka Steve Kates, an expert on the skies, will be the guide for the best meteor shower (the Perseids) of the year, starting at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug.

Meteors & S'mores program packing state parks
Alpena News
ALPENA - More and more people will be making their way to Michigan's state campgrounds in August to view the annual Perseid Meteor Shower ...

STARGAZING AND PERSEID METEOR SHOW AT DONALD PARK
Verona Area Chamber of Commerce
STARGAZING AND PERSEID METEOR SHOW AT DONALD PARK View the summer night planets and stars and watch the Perseid Meteor showers ...

2016 The THIRD Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

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