According to timeanddate.com, this meteor shower will consist of hundreds of pieces of tiny debris flying through the night sky, following Comet Swift-Tuttle. The Perseid Meteor Shower will be seen near the Perseus constellation it was named after, located between the North East sky and Zenith, directly above you.
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This year's weather and light conditions are perfect for viewing! Wunderground.com is predicting clear skies tonight in Central North Carolina. So find a dark spot and someone to share the experience with!
If you go... Don't Forget:
- Set your alarm for work... it may be a late night.
- Find a viewing spot that does not have a lot of light pollution around it (city lights will make it hard to see). If you can't venture out, it's still worth taking the family out into the backyard, at least, to try to see this wondrous event.
- Give your eyes time to adjust if there is light around, like cell phone light. Unless you have a red light, your eyes need about 15 to 20 minutes to adjust in order to see clearly in the dark.
- Take something comfortable to lay down on or rest your head on so that you remember how amazing the meteor shower was in the morning and not your aching neck.
- The most important part is trying to share this memory with someone... a date (a spouse counts!), your family, and/or a group of friends. If you venture solo remember while peering at the vast, starlit sky... you're definitely not alone.
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