Perseid runup 2016

Aug09
by catz on August 9, 2016 at 09:22 and modified on August 9, 2016. at 13:02
Posted In: astronomy

It has been surprisingly clear in the runup to the 2016 Perseid meteor shower.
Over the last few days we have had captured on our allsky2 system:

Tue 20160802: 14
Wed 20160803: 7
Thu 20160804: 17
Fri 20160805: 15
Sat 20160806: 23
Sun 20160807: 15
Mon 20160808: 32
Tue 20160809: 26

The peak is expected to be a bonus this year, with a higher density than normal. The peak occurs over Thursday night/Friday morning August 11/12 2016.
Best after midnight.

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