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Sweet! I know what I’m doing tonight! Headed out of town to watch the August 2009 meteor shower – it’s a free show in the sky!
OK, here’s the breakdown. The Perseid meteor shower will be filling the night sky and tonight and tomorrow night will be the very best time to watch them.
Why is the August 2009 meteor shower big news? Because it’s one of the brightest meteor showers in recent memory – there will be hundreds and hundreds of meteors burning up in the sky tonight.
You know what meteors are, right? They’re basically pieces of rocks that broke off of a comet or a big meteorite thousands and thousands of years ago, and the earth is going to be passing through a huge cloud of them all month long. They hit the atmosphere and burn up, giving us earthlings a great view: a meteor shower.
FYI, the best times to watch the meteor shower will be between 3-5 a.m., so you might want to take an evening nap before you get up for the festivities. The moon will be blocking our August 2009 meteor shower from about 11 p.m. to 2 a.m., so there won’t be a lot to see. Stay up late for the big guns.
Last thing: don’t expect to see the meteor shower if you are in a big city (because of city lights, duh) or if it’s raining. So pray against rain, take a shower, and wait for the meteors!