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Howdy passengers of spaceship Earth, Trace 
here with your weekly ASTRONOMICAL GUIDE TO

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THE SKY!

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And this week is a good un -- It s the 
Perseid Meteor shower!

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I love meteor showers, it s a great excuse 
to stay up late and lay outside on a blanket

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with your family or friends.

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To find the show grab a dark patch of grass 
and face northeast between two and four AM.

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If conditions are right, the shower will peak 
at an incredible fifty to one-hundred meteors

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per hour!

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More than two every minute!

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That is SO MANY!

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You do not want to miss this one.

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The Perseids shower every year as Earth pases 
through the debris left from the Swift-Tuttle

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comet, and they appear to emanate from the 
constellation Perseus.

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I like to think of it as ol Percy taking 
his annual bath.

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This year, the peak will be August 13 and 
the moon will wane throughout the week so

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you ll have a GREAT view, while you Keep 
Lookin Up!