This year ’particularly good’ to view annual meteor shower
08/10/05
By Jake Palmateer
Staff Writer

If you look to the night sky this week, you might be treated to a celestial light show.
The best view of the Perseid meteor shower will be in the country away from light pollution, Hartwick College physics Professor Charles Hartley said Tuesday.

The shower, which started July 17 and can be seen until Aug. 24, is expected to peak Friday, and meteors might be seen throughout the weekend.

According to www.meteorscatter.net, prime viewing of the shower — weather permitting — will be in the predawn hours of Friday and Saturday. The quarter moon will set before midnight, leaving a 5½-hour viewing period before sunrise.

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