Scheduled air date: 2006 Aug 07-13

The Perseid Meteor Shower will be best seen in the hours between midnight and
twilight on the morning of August 13th. All of the meteors associated with this
shower will appear to originate from the direction of the radiant (marked with
the red '+' symbol), in the constellation Perseus. Light from the
four-days-past-full Moon will make it difficult to see some of the fainter
meteors, however it could still be a great shower!
(Shown around 3:00 AM for mid-Northern latitudes.)
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