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Meteor shower viewing night coming Aug. 16
Meteor shower viewing night coming Aug. 16

Meteor shower viewing night coming Aug. 16

The 2014 Perseid meteor shower — a usually spectacular celestial showcase — might be washed out by the light of a nearly full moon rising at the same time as the shower’s peak in August.

The spectacle – which is expected to produce 100 shooting stars per hour – will peak between August 10 and August 13.

A Met Office spokesman urged residents to wrap up warm, go outside, lie back and look up during the early hours.

The spokesman added: “To see the meteor shower, you don’t need a telescope, binoculars or any other equipment – all you need is your eyes.

“You don’t need to look in any particular direction as meteors appear randomly anywhere in the sky.”

It promises to be a special month for stargazers as a supermoon – when the celestial body is closer to Earth than normal, making it look exceptionally bright and large – will grace the night sky on August 10.

A spokesman for Nasa said: “During the second week of August, the biggest and brightest full moon of the year will face off against everyone’s favourite meteor shower – and the outcome could be beautiful.”

Agencies/Canadajournal




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