Spectacular Meteor Shower Coming

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The Perseids Meteor Shower, active since July 17th, will be even stronger this August. When I began studying meteor showers and writing about them in this blog, I thought that meteor showers were events solely witnessed at night. I've since come to realize that these events are far more difficult to predict and are in fact more likely morning events, best seen before dawn and after midnight.

This year the Perseids Meteor Shower will hopefully be one of the best meteor showers of 2010 due to a couple of facts; a stronger stream of meteoroids and minimal light in the sky from the Moon.

I've had a few questions on the site as I always do about the best time to view the Perseids this year. I always feel a little stressed over making promises about meteor showers because I don't want anyone to miss the prime-time action. Since these events remain one of the most difficult astronomical occurrences to predict in science today, it is with guarded trepidation that I will state the best viewing times for this years Perseids Meteor Shower as follows:

The first best time to get out there and look will be between 12:01 AM and dawn on August 12th and the second time will be between August 12th 18:00 Universal Time and August 13th 07:00 Universal Time.

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