Jacques van Oene
August 5th 05, 10:57 PM
Space Weather News for 5 August 2005
http://spaceweather.com
PERSEID METEORS: Don't forget, the Perseid meteor shower peaks on Friday
morning, August 12th. No matter where you live, the best time to look will
be during the hours before local dawn when the constellation Perseus is high
in the sky. While August 12th is best, the nights before and after the 12th
can be good, too. Even now, sky watchers are seeing occasional bright
Perseids before dawn.
Also, you can listen to the shower. Meteor radars are monitoring the skies
above the USA; when a Perseid flies overhead, they record an audible "ping."
Visit SpaceWeather.com for live audio, plus more information about the
Perseids.
10th PLANET: Astronomers have found a new world bigger than Pluto in the
outer reaches of the solar system. Some are calling it "the 10th planet."
Amateur astronomers can see this new world, temporarily named 2003 UB313,
through large backyard telescopes. Some of their photos are displayed on
spaceweather.com.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
http://spaceweather.com
PERSEID METEORS: Don't forget, the Perseid meteor shower peaks on Friday
morning, August 12th. No matter where you live, the best time to look will
be during the hours before local dawn when the constellation Perseus is high
in the sky. While August 12th is best, the nights before and after the 12th
can be good, too. Even now, sky watchers are seeing occasional bright
Perseids before dawn.
Also, you can listen to the shower. Meteor radars are monitoring the skies
above the USA; when a Perseid flies overhead, they record an audible "ping."
Visit SpaceWeather.com for live audio, plus more information about the
Perseids.
10th PLANET: Astronomers have found a new world bigger than Pluto in the
outer reaches of the solar system. Some are calling it "the 10th planet."
Amateur astronomers can see this new world, temporarily named 2003 UB313,
through large backyard telescopes. Some of their photos are displayed on
spaceweather.com.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info