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Perseid meteor shower

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The Perseids are one of the best meteor showers to observe, producing up to 60-100 meteors per hour at their peak.
Maximum is predicted for 17:00 UT, 12th August, 2012.
The stream is active from the 17th July to the 24th August.

Velocity: 60.4km/s

The Radiant is in the constellation Cassiopeia; RA=3.2h/48° Dec=58.0° (J2000)

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Tips for best viewing of Perseid meteor shower's peak

Get out your thermos and sleeping bag, this year's Perseid meteor shower will peak Saturday night into Sunday morning. It's already "looking very good," in the words of Bill Cooke, who tracks meteors for NASA at Marshall Space Flight Centre in Huntsville, Ala.
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The 2012 Perseid Meteor Shower

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Filipinos will see a heavenly spectacle as the annual Perseids meteor shower reaches its peak on August 12-13.
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Perseids 2012: visual data quicklook

Time (UTC)	Solarlon	nINT	nPER	ZHR		Particle density
2012-07-09 23:30	107.956	1	0	6	±6	6 / 10⁹·km³
2012-07-16 06:26	113.955	32	40	9	±1	9 / 10⁹·km³
2012-07-17 09:00	115.011	30	40	8	±1	8 / 10⁹·km³
2012-07-18 14:06	116.168	16	40	14	±2	13 / 10⁹·km³
2012-07-19 12:42	117.067	28	40	9	±1	9 / 10⁹·km³
2012-07-21 13:12	118.997	16	40	8	±1	8 / 10⁹·km³
2012-07-23 17:29	121.078	17	42	8	±1	8 / 10⁹·km³
2012-07-24 21:44	122.202	16	41	6	±1	6 / 10⁹·km³
2012-07-27 02:37	124.307	13	40	10	±2	9 / 10⁹·km³
2012-07-27 23:12	125.127	8	41	13	±2	12 / 10⁹·km³
2012-07-28 11:56	125.634	12	40	13	±2	12 / 10⁹·km³
2012-07-29 06:48	126.385	21	40	10	±2	9 / 10⁹·km³
2012-07-29 20:51	126.944	15	41	11	±2	10 / 10⁹·km³
2012-07-30 18:50	127.820	9	10	7	±2	7 / 10⁹·km³

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Hear the death wail of a meteor as it burns up in our atmosphere

You can't hear a meteor as it burns up in the atmosphere, but you can bounce radar off of it and convert that signal into sound. The U.S. Air Force Space Surveillance Radar in Texas tried this during the Perseid meteor shower, and the resulting recording sounds appropriately alien.
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Meteor Shower Sounds Captured by Space Radar

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The U.S. Air Force Space Surveillance Radar in Texas recorded echoes of the Perseid Meteors as they passed over the monitoring facility. Includes imagery of a meteor photographed by astronaut Ron Garan aboard the International Space Station.

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What a "shooting star" looks like from space

Taken during the Perseids Meteor Shower by Ron Garan aboard the ISS

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PERSEID METEOR SHOWER AUG 12-13 2011 @ BAYAMON PUERTO RICO

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Perseids Meteor Shower Time Lapse - 2011-8-12

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Observation of Perseid Meteor Shower (2011) at Soni, Nara, Japan

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Watch the Perseids! Live Video/Audio Feed

Make plans to chat with NASA astronomer Bill Cooke and his team from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Centre as they answer your questions about the Perseids via live Web chat. Join them on Friday, Aug. 12 at 11 p.m. EDT -- this will be Saturday, Aug. 13 at 03:00 UTC GMT -- then make plans to stay "up all night" until 5:00 a.m. EDT on Saturday, Aug. 13.
Joining the chat is easy. Simply return to this chat page a few minutes before 11 p.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 12. The chat module will appear at the bottom of this page. Simply type your name to join the chat, then we'll start taking your questions at 11 p.m. EDT.
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Meteor Live View

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