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Earth to Hit Aurigid Meteors?

posted September 1, 2007 - 3:30am
Earth to Hit Aurigid Meteors?

Skywatchers were out in force for the familiar Perseid meteor shower peaking in mid-August at the dark of the Moon. So why bother with a shower that almost nobody has heard of coming two weeks later in bright moonlight? Because the Aurigids are this summer’s skywatching wildcard.


Website: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/9332...
Author: masticool
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