The peak dates for the Perseids are always around August 11–13, 2025. However, this year, the light from the Full Moon on August 9 will interfere with the number of shooting stars visible to the naked eye around the peak.
Luckily, the Perseid Meteor Shower is active from around July 17 to August 24, 2025, giving skywatchers a broader …
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One of the brightest meteor showers of the year, the Perseids, is active now. It peaks around August 11–13, 2018, with up to 100 meteors per hour. If the skies are clear, the Perseids can be seen from …
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It’s time for the annual Perseids! The 2016 meteor shower will peak on August 11 and 12. A waxing gibbous Moon will make it harder for observers to watch the meteor shower.
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… as we pass through the tail of Halley’s Comet.
It takes around 75 years for Halley’s Comet to orbit the sun. But every April and October earth moves through the comet’s long tail of debris producing quite the light show when that debris burns up in our atmosphere.
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The ancient Greeks and Romans often recounted the adventures of their gods. Knowing these stories will help you find the constellations in the winter night sky.
Many of these constellations hide deep sky objects (DSOs) that you can see with binoculars. Tony Schellinck invites you to hear these stories, to view the constellations and asterisms and to find nebula, galaxies and open clusters among the stars.
If you wish, you can bring a pair of binoculars to practice looking for these objects during the show. If you don’t have any binoculars we will have a supply at the theatre to share among the audience.
The show will last approximately an hour. If the sky is clear and the temperature tolerable we will go to St. Gregory’s Church overflow parking (350 metre walk or drive) to find the constellations and the DSOs using binoculars.
This presentation is not recommended for young children because of the content of the stories.
Presenter: Tony Schellinck – Tony is an amateur astronomer who has an observatory in Port Mouton from which he photographs the stars for use in this show.
Tony has been a presenter at the Dalhousie University Planetarium for the last several years, putting on shows three times a year there.
He plans to bring an enhanced planetarium experience to audiences outside the Halifax area.
All proceeds go to the Astor Theatre.
Just a day after the full moon, Jupiter will rise alongside the moon Tuesday evening – 23-Feb-2016 – around 7pm your time. Also, a new round of high latitude auroras could be in the offing Tuesday night as well.
A day after the full moon, Jupiter will rise alongside the moon Tuesday night. Jupiter is brighter than any star in the sky and will shine brilliantly alongside the moon. Continue reading …
The 2015 Perseid meteor shower will peak on August 11, 12 and 13. A new moon on August 14, 2015 will create perfect conditions for watching the meteor shower.
The Perseid meteor shower, one of the brighter meteor showers of the year, occur every year between July 17 and August 24. The shower tends to peak around August 9-13.
The best time to view the Perseids, or most other meteor showers is when the sky is the darkest. Most astronomers suggest that depending on the Moon’s phase, the best time to view meteor showers is right before dawn.
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