A big meteor shower can be happening this evening. If you want to see the Perseids 2010 annual meteor shower, it will begin August 13th within the evening. The moon can be disappeared during the Perseids meteor shower 2010. From midnight to dawn, meteor watchers who venture out beyond city lights should be able to observe up to 75 meteors an hour coming out of the northeast sky. You don’t even need to get a telescope.
Meteor watch for Perseids 2010
The big meteor shower tonight known as the Perseids 2010 is the grand finale during a classic night of summer stargazing. NASA reports the show begins at sundown when Venus, Saturn, Mars and the crescent Moon materialize above the western horizon clustered together in a “tight conjunction.”. When the planets fall below the horizon about 10 p.m. the Perseids 2010 begin. If you want to know where you should be looking at 10 p.m. for the meteors to start raining, try looking at the Perseus constellation. As the Perseus constellation rises and the night deepens, meteor rates will increase. One meteor a minute can be seen Friday morning when it is the darkest right before dawn in case you are seeking to meteor watch.
Meteor watching suggestions
To get probably the most enjoyment from the big meteor shower tonight, Alan Boyle at MSNBC offers some meteor watching tips. Get out of town away from city light pollution where the sky is wide open and dark. The higher the elevation, the better. You’ll need something to keep you warm and to lie on while being on your car up against windshields. Wear something to keep you warm. Bring some tunes. Give your eyes plenty of time to adjust and look straight up. The Perseids 2010 won’t get really good until after midnight. The meteor show’s peak could be happening right before the sun rises.
Taking pictures of the meteor shower
The meteor shower that is happening is a fantastic place to get some new photos. Pop Photo offers some helpful meteor photography tips. City lights could really hurt the picture with long-exposures and wide-open apertures. Use a cable release, and prevent the images from getting blurred by putting a finger on the shutter button. . A wide, fast lens could be the best for you if you are able to get a good ISO and exposure time. Then keep shooting.
Why Perseids 2010 could be better than average
Whenever the earth goes through the dust cloud that is called the Swift-Tuttle comet, Perseids 2010 happens. We only see the Swift-Tuttle comet every 135 years when it gets close to sun so it can heat up and spew dust, reports the Christian Monitor. The comet was seen previously in 1992. Each pass of the comet slowly thickens the dust stream it leaves behind. The patch of Swift-Tuttle’s dust stream Earth is going through this year is much denser than usual.
NASA
science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/05aug_perseids/” href=”http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/05aug_perseids/
MSNBC
cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/08/11/4869749-see-and-hear-the-meteor-show
Pop Photo
popphoto.com/features/how/2010/08/how-photographing-perseid-meteor-shower
Christian Science Monitor
csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0812/Meteor-shower-August-2010-how-you-can-get-the-best-view
