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what's up for August the summer Perseids

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are here hello and welcome I'm Jane

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Houston Jones from NASA's Jet Propulsion

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Laboratory in Pasadena California

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the Perseid meteor shower is the best of

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the year it Peaks on a moonless summer

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night from 4 p.m. on the 12th until 4

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a.m. on the 13th Eastern Daylight Time

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because the new moon falls near the peak

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night the days before and after the peak

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will also provide nice dark skies your

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best window of observation is from a few

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hours after Twilight until dawn on the

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days surrounding the peak unlike most

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meteor showers which have a short peak

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of high meteor rates the Perseids have a

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very broad peak as Earth takes more than

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three weeks to plow through the wide

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trail of cometary dust from Comet

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swift-tuttle the Perseids appeared to

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radiate from the constellation Perseus

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visible in the northern sky soon after

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sunset this time of year observers in

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mid northern latitudes will have the

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best views you should be able to see

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some meteors from July 17th to August

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24th with the rates increasing during

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the weeks before August 12th and

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decreasing after the 13th observers

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should be able to see 60 to 70 per hour

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at the peak remember you don't have to

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look directly at the constellation to

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see them you can look anywhere you want

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to even directly overhead meteor showers

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like the Perseids are caused by streams

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of meteoroids hitting Earth's atmosphere

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the particles were once part of their

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parent comet or in some cases from an

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asteroid the parade of planets Venus

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Jupiter Saturn and Mars and the Milky

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Way continue to grace the evening sky

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keeping you and the mosquitoes company

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while you hunt for meteors next month

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we'll take a late summer stroll through

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the Milky Way no telescopes or

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binoculars needed you can catch up on

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all of NASA's current and future

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missions at www.nasa.gov that's all for