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Posted by SpaceMan in Comets & Meteors on 10 1st, 2009 | no responses

Composite video of the Perseid meteor shower shot by All Sky camera mounted on the roof of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Watch the moon, Jupiter and Mars move across the sky along with the meteors.

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Posted by SpaceMan in Science News on 09 26th, 2009 | no responses

Complete video at: fora.tv Celebrity astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson describes one possible solution for altering the trajectory of an earthbound asteroid. —– Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses “Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandries.” Whether discussing the universe’s origins as host of NOVA’s “scienceNOW” or asserting that Pluto is a not a planet on “The Colbert Report,” astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson translates the universe’s complexities for a broad audience. Known as the …

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Perseids Meteor Shower 2009

Posted by SpaceMan in Comets & Meteors on 09 25th, 2009 | no responses

Today is the peak of the perceids meteor shower of 2009. This is the most famous of all meteor showers. It never fails to provide an impressive display and, due to its summertime appearance, it tends to provide the majority of meteors seen by non-astronomy enthusiasts. This meteor shower gets the name “Perseids” because it appears to radiate from the constellation Perseus. An observer in the Northern Hemisphere can start seeing Perseid meteors as early as July 23, when one meteor every hour …

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Posted by SpaceMan in Comets & Meteors on 09 21st, 2009 | no responses

Complete video at: fora.tv Celebrity astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses Apophis, a large asteroid forecast to pass dangerously close to the Earth in the year 2029. —– Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses “Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandries.” Whether discussing the universe’s origins as host of NOVA’s “scienceNOW” or asserting that Pluto is a not a planet on “The Colbert Report,” astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson translates the universe’s complexities for a broad audience …

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Video of the Perseid meteor shower shot with the All Sky camera

Posted by SpaceMan in Comets & Meteors on 09 3rd, 2009 | no responses

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Meteor Shower August 12th 2009

Posted by SpaceMan in Comets & Meteors on 08 24th, 2009 | no responses

email your photos to meteorshower09@hotmail.co.uk

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Perseid Meteor 08-12-09

Posted by SpaceMan in Comets & Meteors on 08 22nd, 2009 | no responses

This was one of the brightest meteors I saw on the morning of August 12, 2009. The camcorder didn’t pick it up too well, but my still camera captured it no problem (even though the wide angle lens made it seem rather small in the sky). I had both cameras facing roughly the same direction (northwest, about 300 degrees and pointed up around 70 degrees). This was recorded in Milwaukee, WI at 01:29 AM local time, or 06:29 UTC.

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