The radiant for the Perseids, looking to the NE from latitude ~30N at around 2AM local. Created by the Author in Starry Night).
Northern hemisphere summer that is. As we head into August, our gaze turns towards that “Old Faithful” of meteor showers, the Perseids. Though summer is mostly behind us now, “meteor shower season” is about to get underway in earnest.(...)
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