[BCVHFA] Fwd: It's Perseid Meteor Shower Time Again -- Peaks August 12

[Carl Morgan]

 From the Miami Valley Amateur Radio Bulletin Board



>Excerpt from Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1617 - August 8, 2008
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>HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  THE PERSEID METEOR SHOWER ON AUGUST 12
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>Meteor scatter enthusiasts attention.  The annual Perseid meteor 
>shower peaks on Tuesday, August 12th.  The best time to see them and 
>make contact by bouncing signals off their ionized tails is during 
>the dark hours before dawn on Tuesday morning when forecasters 
>expect 50 to 100 meteors per hour.
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>The source of the Perseids is Comet Swift-Tuttle, which has littered 
>the August portion of Earth's orbit with space dust. The dusty zone 
>is broad and Earth is already in its outskirts. As a result, even 
>before the peak on August 12th, you may see some "early Perseids" 
>streaking across the night sky.  (VHF Reflector)
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