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This year the Perseid maximum is due between 11:30 -14:00 UT on the 12th August.
The Zenithal Hourly Rate (ZHRs) is predicted to be around 80-100.
For UK observers the Moon is waxing gibbous, and will set around midnight.

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Cumberland Falls State Resort Park is offering lodging and meals packages to stargazers who want to view the Perseid Meteor Shower Aug. 12.
The annual meteor shower, which is visible from earth, will hit its peak on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 12.

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This will be a fair-to-good year to watch for the Perseids. A bright gibbous moon, which initially will interfere with observations, will set at around 1:30 a.m., leaving the rest of the night dark for prospective meteor watchers.

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Perseiden meteor shower



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University of Glamorgan astronomers recorded a total of 123 meteors during this year's annual Perseid meteor shower on the night of August 12 and 13.
This was a good total despite cloud cover ruining the latter part of the viewing session.

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Perseids 2007: first results
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This website shows automated results of the Perseids 2007, based on visual data entered through the IMO electronic report form.

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People who missed out on seeing a spectacular natural firework show over Northamptonshire could still get their chance to view a natural wonder.
Although thousands throughout southern and Mediterranean Europe were enthralled by the shooting stars in the early hours of Monday morning, sky-watchers in Northants were largely frustrated by cloud cover.
The skies should have been lit up between midnight and 4am by the Perseid meteor showers, with a shooting star every few seconds.
Although the showers take place every year, this year was regarded as a special case because their arrival coincided with a new moon.

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Last night was the Perseid meteor shower. As it was also a new moon an relatively clear skies, it was to be a particularly good year for viewing. It seemed like a good idea to me to try and work something out so the family and I could watch the show. For those who dont know, I have four kids ages 9, 6, 5, and 9 months. You never know how an event like this is going to go. Sometimes our best laid plans fall to ruin and sometimes spontaneous things work out.
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Enthusiastic observers were rewarded by a nice display of the Perseid meteor shower that was visible at its best in the night between 12 and 13 August 2007. We present glimpses of the spectacle and the scientific rewards of staying up all night.

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Radio Impulses 87.6 mhz from Brno in the Czech Republic received via meteor scatter in Northern Ireland during the lead up to the peak of the Perseids meteor shower, 10 August 07, 20:25 UTC. Distance 1747 KM. Transmitter is 67 kilowatts from a 340 metre tower near Brno.
Meteors enter the atmosphere and as they burn up leave an ionised trail which can momentarily reflect signals. This particular meteor "ping" was substantial enough to allow the station RDS information to form.



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