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what's up for august

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prime time for the perseids jupiter and

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saturn at

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opposition and why the third moon of the

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season

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is kind of special august brings the

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best-known meteor shower of the year the

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perseids

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this annual meteor shower happens each

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year as earth crosses the debris trail

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of comet swift tuttle

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most of these meteors are grains of dust

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up to the size of a pea

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and they create fabulous shooting stars

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as they burn up in earth's atmosphere

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although perseids can be seen from

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mid-july through late august the most

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likely time to see any meteors is a

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couple of days on either side of the

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peak

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august 11th and into the pre-dawn hours

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of august 12th

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think of that as prime time for the

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perseids under really dark skies you

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could see almost one per minute near the

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time of maximum activity

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this year's peak night for the perseids

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benefits from a moon that sets

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early in the evening so it won't

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interfere with the faint meteors

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but before it sets that evening be sure

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to check out that gorgeous crescent moon

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in the west after sunset with brilliant

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planet venus

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to enjoy the perseid meteor shower just

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find a safe dark

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location away from bright city lights

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lie down or recline with your feet

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facing roughly toward the north

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and look up the meteors appear to

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radiate from around the constellation

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perseus but they can streak across the

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sky anywhere above you

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nasa also has a way for you to catch

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some perseids online

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nasa's meteor watch team plans a live

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stream overnight on august 11th

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visit the link on screen for more

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details

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august is perhaps the best time this

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year to enjoy viewing jupiter and saturn

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as both planets reach opposition this

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month opposition is the term for when a

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planet is on the same side of the solar

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system as earth

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and directly opposite from the sun it

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happens each year as earth loops around

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in its orbit

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passing by the much slower moving gas

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giant planets

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around this time the planet is visible

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from sunset to sunrise and reaches its

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highest point in the sky around midnight

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opposition is also near the time when

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earth is closest to the planet so this

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is when the planet tends to look its

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biggest and brightest

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now opposition does technically have a

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precise

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moment when the sun earth and the planet

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line up

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but in practice it's better to think of

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it as a period of time usually about a

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month

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for saturn opposition takes place this

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year on august 2nd

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and for jupiter it's august 19th for the

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latest close-up views and discoveries

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from jupiter

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follow nasa's juno mission with nasa's

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solar system exploration website and

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social media

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as you're enjoying jupiter and saturn

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during august watch as the increasingly

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full moon

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slides beneath the pair of planets over

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several days from the 19th to the 22nd

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plus the full moon on august 22nd is

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what's known as a seasonal blue moon

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as it's the third full moon out of four

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this season where normally each season

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there are only three

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this happens every two and a half to

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three years or as they say

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once in a blue moon here are the phases

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of the moon for august

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you can catch up on all of nasa's

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missions to explore the solar system and

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beyond

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at nasa.gov i'm preston dykes from