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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!