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During this period, the moon reaches its full quarter phase on Sunday September 7th. On that date it will be located opposite the sun and will lie above the horizon all night long. As the week progresses, the waning gibbous moon will rise later in the evening allowing a small window of opportunity to view between the end of dusk and moon rise...
The Perseids meteor shower is currently active. Follow the evolution of the ZHR live!
You saw something bright and fast? Like a huge shooting star? Report it: it may be a fireball.
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The Orionids are a medium strength shower that sometimes reaches high strength activity. In a normal year the Orionids produce 10-20 shower members at maximum. In exceptional years, such as 2006-2009, the peak rates were on par with the Perseids (50-75 per hour). Recent displays have produced low to…
