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	Perseids 2006: prediction of activity
		Perseids are one of the most famous meteor showers.
		Perseid maximum in 2006 will be moonlit as the Moon passes its full phase on 9 August.
		Perseids 2006 are expected to show a rather moderate background maximum with ZHR not exceeding 80-90 meteors.
	feraj.narod.ru /Radiants/Predictions/Perseids2006eng.html (1424 words)

	CNN.com - Perseid meteor shower peaks overnight - Aug 11, 2004
		This photograph of a Perseid meteor was taken in August 2000 in South Dakota.
		Perseids can appear anywhere in the sky, but if traced back they will appear to emanate from a point in the constellation Perseus, which rises in late evening in the East and is high overhead in the wee hours before sunrise.
		The Perseids are the result of stream of debris in space laid down by comet Swift-Tuttle, which orbits the Sun every 130 years and spends most of its time in the far reaches of the solar system.
	www.cnn.com /2004/TECH/space/08/11/pmeteor.shower/index.html (618 words)

	Perseids -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		Meteor showers can be seen when (The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live) Earth moves through a meteor stream.
		The cloud is comprised of particles ejected by the comet as it passed by the (A typical star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system) Sun.
		Because of the positioning of Swift-Tuttle's orbit, Perseids are mostly visible on northern (Half of the terrestrial globe) hemisphere.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/perseids.htm (236 words)

	The Perseids
		Perseids is the most well known and most active contemporary meteor shower.
		In the Medieval period Perseids got the name "St Laurence tears" for the name of the holiday that is celebrated in the time of the meteor shower maximum.
		For such an abundant meteor shower as Perseids are, especially in the day of maximum, it is hardly possible to determine the radiant coordinates exactly enough while using the pictures with only two meteor images.
	www.eso.org /outreach/eduoff/edu-prog/catchastar/casreports-2004/rep-182 (3365 words)

	The Perseids : Comets, meteors and asteroids : Astronomy & space : Fact files : Learning : National Maritime Museum
		The Perseids were the first meteor shower to be connected to a comet when astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli noted the similarity between their orbit and the Comet Swift-Tuttle that was observed in 1862.
		Even in quiet years, the Perseids have a reputable activity rate that can exceed 100 meteors per hour from a dark site - the rate tends to be highest towards dawn when the observer is on the side of the Earth moving directly into the cloud of meteoroid debris.
		Perseid meteors also tend to be bright so in many ways the shower is ideal for anyone wishing to see their first 'shooting star' – an observer watching the early morning skies will almost certainly see a number even over a period of thirty minutes.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /server/show/conWebDoc.15573 (535 words)

	IMO Results: Perseids 1995 and 1996
		Traces of the outburst Perseids situated roughly 12 hours before the regular Perseid maximum near sol=140° were found in the 1988 and 1989 Perseid analyses [2].
		Although the analysis of the 1996 Perseid return is based only on a part of the entire data becoming available later, the results should be expected to be quite close to the final values.
		The ascending node of the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle is at 139.44° [6], hence the 1992 passage was the closest to the orbit of the Perseid parent comet.
	www.imo.net /articles/shower/per9596.html (2271 words)

	SPACE.com -- Viewer's Guide: Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Aug. 11-12
		Perseid meteors emanate from the constellation Perseus, which rises above the horizon in late evening this time of year (shown on this map) and is high overhead during the predawn hours.
		The August Perseids are among the strongest of the readily observed annual meteor showers, and at maximum activity nominally yield 50 or 60 meteors per hour.
		Perseid meteors can appear anywhere in the sky, but if traced backward, they all point toward Perseus, which is know as the shower's radiant.
	www.space.com /spacewatch/040806_perseid_guide.html (1577 words)

	Alan Brown's Home Page
		This spectacular event is known as the Perseid meteor shower, and it usually provides the best meteor show of the year.
		With mostly Moon-free conditions surrounding the Perseid peak (the waxing crescent sets at around 10:50pm on August 12), this shower should be attractive to new meteor counters.
		The Perseid meteor shower in August of each year is associated with Comet Swift-Tuttle, a well-known comet that has a 134-year orbit and was last near the sun in 1992.
	www.efn.org /~alanb/perseids.htm (619 words)

	Welcome to the Andromeda Ascendant
		The result was a massive reverse exodus as Perseids from throughout the Known Worlds retreated to their ancestral homeworld of Ugroth.
		Ugroth, once nearly abandoned as the Perseids spread out among the stars, is now home to nearly 150 billion Perseids, making it the most densely populated world in known space.
		Perseids are bisexual by nature, with each individual capable of both fertilizing another and gestating young itself.
	www.angelfire.com /rpg2/andromeda/perseids.htm (420 words)

	Perseids to Storm August 11? :: Astrobiology Magazine - beginning study of life - Origin - evolution - life beyond ...
		This year's Perseids could turn into a full fledged meteor storm, but the only way to know for sure is to get out and watch.
		The Perseid meteor shower, an annual celestial event beloved by millions of skywatchers around the world, returns to the night sky this week near the North Star and the constellation Perseus.
		The Perseid meteoroids are tiny, sand- to pea-size bits of rocky debris that were shed long ago by Comet Swift-Tuttle.
	www.astrobio.net /news/article1126.html (900 words)

	Meteor show gets rave reviews - Space News - MSNBC.com
		A Perseid meteor streaks past a field of stars in the night sky over Jordan's desert in the early hours of Aug. 12, 2002.
		Perseid meteor activity should continue nightly for at least the next week or so, but the intensity and number of shooting stars fall off rapidly after the peak.
		This year's Perseids are flashier than last year's because the moon is a mere crescent — which poses relatively little competition for the celestial streaks.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5684069 (1215 words)

	Perseids 2001 Meteor Gallery
		This August 12th Perseid meteor (upper middle) is streaking by the blue star Altair (lower left).
		The streaking Perseid meteor in this 3.9 MB video was captured by Bill Cooke and Rob Suggs (Marshall Space Flight Center Space Environments Group) using a GEN II intensifier and a 50 mm lens.
		On August 12, 2001, Stan captured this eerie-sounding echo of a Perseid meteor.
	www.spaceweather.com /meteors/gallery_13aug01.html (535 words)

	Perseids 2006
		The Perseids are produced by dust particles shed by comet Swift-Tuttle.
		Perseids, the maximum is expected to occur on the 12/08/2005 at 3:54 UT
		Mikiya Sato in Japan calculated that that the Earth may pass through a stream of material that was shed from Swift-Tuttle in the year 1479, at around 08:58 UT August 12th, 2005.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /blobrana/news/augustmeteor.html (1115 words)

	Perseids 2001 08/08/01 08:17:41 pm
		This is one of the oldest meteor shower that we have records, the Perseid meteors have been observed for several thousand years now from the earliest reference to the Perseids in the year 36 AD from China.
		The Perseids 1998 fell during a full Moon on August 8 which interfered heavily with the Perseid maximum.
		Expect the perseids to grace the sky from August 12-14, 2001.
	www.astronomy.gi /perseids.html (868 words)

	CNN.com - Summer shower on tap, from space - August 8, 2002
		The Perseids slowly have increased in number in recent weeks and are expected to culminate overnight Monday and Tuesday with up to 80 "shooting stars" an hour.
		The Perseid meteors come from dust-size grains left behind by comet Swift-Tuttle, which every 130 years flies into the inner solar system.
		Rather than leaving behind a bloblike carcass, the Perseids disappear into a blaze of streaking light, incinerated by intense friction as they smack into the sky at speeds of about 37 miles per second (60 kilometers per second).
	robots.cnn.com /2002/TECH/space/08/08/perseids.preview/index.html (479 words)

	Perseids
		Although a few weaker-than-normal years occurred during the 1920's, the Perseids regained their consistency thereafter, and, except for abnormally high rates of 160 and 189 during 1931 and 1945, respectively, nothing unusual was observed up through 1960.
		One of the most recent examples of the complexity of the Perseid meteor shower was revealed in three studies of the radiant conducted during 1969 to 1971, by observers in the Crimea.
		The Gamma Perseids mainly occur during August 11 to 16 from an average radiant of RA=41 deg, DECL=+55 deg.
	www.silogic.com /perseids.htm (2064 words)

	"Unusually Good" Meteor Shower Expected Tonight
		Summary Tonight's annual Perseid meteor shower is likely to be a spectacular show of shooting stars zipping across the night sky, according to astronomers.
		The annual Perseid meteor shower, which peaks tonight, is poised to maintain its reputation for putting on a stellar show.
		Should clouds intervene tonight, when this season's Perseids are at their peak, remember that the shower lasts for several nights, giving you another opportunity.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2004/08/0806_040806_perseid_meteor.html (901 words)

	Perseids - Slackerpedia Galactica
		The Perseids are a meteor shower cause by Earth passing through the debris field of Comet Swift-Tuttle.
		The Perseids are a very reliable meteor shower, usually with a zenith hourly rate (ZHR) of around 100-120.
		The Perseids are often covered by the media as they serve as a visible introduction for aspiring astronomers.
	www.slackerpedia.org /slackerpedia/index.php/Perseids (152 words)

	Perseids 2004
		Brighter Perseids, particularly, often leave behind brief persistent ionisation trains which result from ionisation on the high atmosphere produced by the meteoroids’ high entry velocity of 60 km/sec.
		Enhanced Perseid activity was noted around the time 109P/Swift-Tuttle’s 1992 perihelion, this taking the form of short duration ‘spikes’ of high rates ahead of the regular, established maximum.
		Indeed, computer modelling of the Perseid meteor stream by Esko Lyytinnen and Tom Van Flandern suggests that enhanced activity comparable to that in 1980 may occur early on August 11-12, accompanied by a short-lived peak of faint Perseid activity: observations are needed to check this theory!
	www.britastro.org /news/items/2004014.html (831 words)

	ARRLWeb: Perseids to Peak Today and Tomorrow
		Although the Perseids officially begin in late July, the shower builds rather slowly in intensity until there is a series of sharp peaks in activity near mid-August.
		The Perseids were the first meteors ever associated with a particular comet.
		The proximity of the comet once again caused an increase in Perseid activity and, in August 1993, observers in Central Europe were treated to 200 to 500 meteors per hour.
	www.arrl.org /news/stories/1999/08/12/1 (854 words)

	Perseids bring fiery show to August sky \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		The Perseids are coming – the most famous, predictable, and visible meteor shower in the Northern Hemisphere.
		The Perseids are the size of a grain of sand zooming along at 132,000 m.p.h.
		The Perseids' radiant, occurs close to the constellation Perseus (hence their name), just below the constellation Cassiopeia, the ancient queen fated to remain seated on her throne for eternity.
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/0725/p13s01-stss.html (1505 words)

	The Perseids
		Expect the perseids to grace the sky from July 23–August 22, 2006.
		A meteor shower is an increase in the number of meteors observed in a particular part of the sky.
		A shower is named for the constellation in which its radiant is located, e.g., the Lyrids appear to come from a point in Lyra, the Perseids from Perseus, and the Orionids from Orion.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/meteor1.html (287 words)

	NASA - The 2005 Perseid Meteor Shower
		The Perseids come every year, beginning in late July and stretching into August.
		Perseid meteors fly out of the constellation Perseus, hence their name.
		The best time to watch is during the hours before sunrise when Perseus is high in the sky: sky map.
	science.nasa.gov /headlines/y2005/22jul_perseids2005.htm (616 words)

	MBK Team observations: Perseids 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		Most of the MBK Team's 2005 Perseid observations were done at the Youth astronomical research camp 2005 (MART 2005) that took place from August 5 to 14 at Trije Kralji on Pohorje Mountain, Slovenia.
		The Perseid rates at the start of the Camp were 12 ± 1 Perseids per hour.
		The highest Perseid rates were observed on 2005 August 12/13 with the maximum ZHR = 89 ± 6.
	www.orion-drustvo.si /MBKTeam/meteors/per2005.htm (710 words)

	Tullamore Astronomical Society Perseids Meteor Shower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		At Perseid maximum, the Moon will be at first quarter, low in the southwest, setting around midnight UT. Observing after midnight will produce the most results.
		It is useful to record visual hourly rates of both the Perseids and background sporadics.
		The Perseids are noted for swift, bright meteors which leave persistant trains.
	www.iol.ie /~seanmck/perseid.htm (293 words)

	Here Come the Perseids!
		At certain times of the year, we have what is called meteor showers, where 20 to 60 or more meteors may be seen per hour.
		The best known meteor shower is the Perseid shower, and it peaks August eleventh.
		The moon will be in the sky to compete with light, and this will prevent us from seeing some of the meteors, but you should still see a worthwhile show.
	starryskies.com /articles/dln/8-00/perseids.html (524 words)

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