If it's cloudless where you live tonight, the 'Perseids' , annually recurring meteor stream, will be easy to see in the north, Polaris. (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago by Ingolf@discuss.tchncs.de to c/astronomy@mander.xyz

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Good chart for finding them: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseiden

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[-] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

glances longingly at cloud cover

[-] thefatone@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago

Came in to go to bed and I saw this article. I saw 3 separate shooting stars tonight and had no idea there was something happening. So cool, and so lucky I was outside tonight.

[-] zaph@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Took me way too long to realize that was German.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids

Edit: fixed link

[-] VenutianxSpring@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Can't wait, should be clear tonight and tomorrow, plus the moon is behaving this year.

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