流星雨-Meteor shower peaks this weekend

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Stargazers should prepare to be dazzled this weekend by dozens of shooting stars as the Perseid meteor shower peaks ― although the nearly full moon could take some of the shine off the show.

NASA recommends heading out between 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. local time, before the moon rises to avoid the glare that will wash out many of the shooting stars.

The Perseid shower is expected to peak on Saturday, but since the peak is broad, Friday night may be good or better than Saturday, the space agency said.

Canadian viewers should find a dark spot and look toward the northeast. The meteors can be seen anywhere in the sky.

The celestial fireworks occur when gravel-sized debris from comet Swift-Tuttle pass through Earth's atmosphere at more than 200,000 kilometres an hour and then burn up.

The heated dust and debris lights up a long, bright trail ― the "shooting star."

Rarer, slower Earthgrazers ― meteors that skim the top of the atmosphere like a stone skipping on a pond ― are another potential part of the show.

Earthgrazers streak horizontally overhead, generally from north to south.

The Perseids last until about Aug. 24.

 

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08.07.2006


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August 7, 2006: Blame it on the Moon: The 2006 Perseid meteor shower is going to be a dud. Oh, Earth will pass through the Perseid meteoroid stream, as usual. And meteors will flit across the sky. But when the shower peaks on August 12th and 13th, the glare of the 87%-full Moon will overwhelm most Perseids, making them impossible to see.
That sounds like the end of the story―but don't stop reading.

You might see some Perseids, after all. The trick is to look before the Moon rises. Plan your meteor watch for 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, August 12. The Moon won't be up yet and, in the darkness just after sunset, a special kind of meteor may appear: the Perseid Earthgrazer.

(Note: Because the Perseid peak is broad, Friday evening, August 11, may be as good or better than Saturday evening, August 12. If you're ambitious, try both nights between 8:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. local time.)
Earthgrazers are meteors that skim the top of Earth's atmosphere like a stone skipping across the surface of a pond. They appear when the radiant of a meteor shower is near the horizon, spewing meteoroids not down, but horizontally overhead. Such will be the case on Saturday evening after sunset when Perseus (the radiant of the Perseids) first peeks over the northern horizon.


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Don't expect a storm. Earthgrazers are rare. An hour's watching might net no more than one or two, but that's plenty. Earthgrazers are colorful and gracefully slow. People who see one talk about it for years.

Looking for Earthgrazers is simple: Spread a blanket on the ground, lie down and look up. A reclining lawn chair facing north works just as well. Perseid Earthgrazers streak overhead, flying generally north to south.

If you haven't spotted an Earthgrazer by 10 p.m., you probably won't. By 10 p.m., Perseus will have risen too high in the sky for grazing meteoroids. (Try skipping a stone by throwing it down into a pond and you'll see the problem.) Plus, the Moon itself rises around 10 p.m. to put a real damper on things.



Above: Sky map, looking north after sunset, Saturday evening, Aug. 12, 2006. [Larger map]

The rest of the night is for contrarians, people who stay up until dawn in spite of the moonlight. They'll see some Perseids, a small fraction of the norm, to be sure, but not zero. Occasionally, a really bright fireball might streak across the sky, making the long night worthwhile. It pays to resist!

Next year will be better. The 2007 Perseids peak with no Moon in sight. Until then, watch out for Earthgrazers.

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Note: All times in this story are local to the reader. So, "plan your meteor watch for 8:30 to 10 p.m." means go outside between 8:30 and 10:00 p.m. local time, no matter where you live. The Perseid meteor shower is best seen from the northern hemisphere.

Author: Dr. Tony Phillips | Production Editor: Dr. Tony Phillips | Credit: Science@NASA

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请翻译一下, 这样看得太累

翻译也太累

大概是说这几天是流星雨的高潮，但是因为这几天月亮也比较圆和亮，所以，流星雨比较难看到。但是，有个窍门，那就是在天刚刚黑，月亮还没出来，找个没有灯光，黑的地方就比较可能看到流星雨了，大概8-10pm左右。

我可能不搞了，太花功夫了。