Star Gazing - Perseid meteor shower

Event Summary

The Amateur Astronomers of Central Iowa invite the public for a telescopic view of the night sky.  For more information contact Jim Bonser at (641)751-8744/or visit their website www.amateurastronomersofcentraliowa.org  They will be viewing the Perseids through the scopes. Feel free to bring your own or they will have scopes there for you to use. The Perseid meteor shower is an annual meteor shower that is extremely regular in its timing and can potentially be visible for weeks in the late summer sky, depending on weather and location. The source of the Perseid meteor shower is actually debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle. Every year, the earth passes through the debris cloud left by the comet when the earth's atmosphere is bombarded by what is popularly known as "falling stars."

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