Did you awaken the children last night to show them the Perseid Meteor Shower? I had the best intentions to do it as part of our Day 10 Challenge, but when the moment came, I blew it! My son was actually the one up in the middle of the night. He must of had a bad dream because he startled me out of a deep sleep with a blood- curdling "MOMMY!" I jumped out of bed and was so disoriented I tripped into his bedroom, stumbled my way into the bathroom to get him a drink, rubbed his back, settled him down to sleep and then stumbled back to my nice comfy bed. You'd think after all that commotion I would ave remembered to at least take a moment to peer up at the heavens to see the falling meteros. Heck no! All I could think was how much I wanted to be back in bed.
At any rate, here's a tiny little lesson about the Perseid Meteor Shower care of WorldCorrespondents.com:
The Perseid meteor shower has been observed for about 2000 years, with the earliest information on this meteor shower coming from the Far East. Some Catholics refer to the Perseids as the “tears of St. Lawrence”, since August 10 is the date of that saint’s martyrdom. Originating from the constellation Perseus, Perseid Meteor Showers are active this year 2010 from July 23 to August 24. However, it will peak on the night of August 12, 2010 where 60 or more meteors per hour will be visible in the sky.
According to Space.com, the best window of opportunity to see the shower will be the late-night hours of Wednesday on through the first light of dawn on the morning of Thursday, and then again during the late-night hours of Aug. 12, 2010 into the predawn hours of Aug. 13, 2010. They can be seen all across the sky, but because of the path of Swift-Tuttle’s orbit, Perseid Meteors are primarily visible in the northern hemisphere.
Sorry folks, we'll make up for it today by spending the entire day outside fiddling around and I will include two activities in my next post.
Did you see the meteor shower last night? Please do tell!
We so wanted to see it. We were out some on Tuesday night, but there was thick cloud cover and a storm coming in, so no luck.
ReplyDeleteThanks for leaving such a nice comment on my blog. I've got our first 7 days posted. I think I will post each Sunday afternoon for the previous week. We're having fun!