The Perseids Meteor Shower

Just found the change of Google.com icon to "Perseids Meteor Shower" and with curiosity, I went on Google about it to find out more.

I have been in love with astronomy ever since I was a kid, fascinated by the beauty of space, solar system and the universe. There are so much natural phenomenon in astronomy: comets, meteor showers, eclipses and etc. I can still remember when I was in primary school, there was once and only time where eclipse can be seen in Malaysia. I can still remember on that day itself - which considered a really big day in my life, where I witnessed the eclipse, and some photographers even took photographs of the eclipse and sell it for around RM4-5/photo. Of course, I bought few of it. :)

Just last month - July 22nd, there was a Solar Eclipse takes place and is only visible in China, Japan, India and Nepal. I wish I could eye-witness it once again but guess Malaysia is not in the right geographical coverage for that. Hence, I did the same thing - Google it and read through some great information from NASA.

The Perseids Meteor expected on 12 Aug. midnight
(picture taken from National Post)

Today, on August 12th midnight - there will be another eventful day where annual Perseids Meteor Shower takes place. The Perseids shower happens when the Earth passes through debris left from the Swift-Tuttle comet. Again, I don't think they are visible to Malaysia judging by the current haze conditions and the wrong timing as it will only happens around in US time midnight. Well, I guess I can only enjoy the photos published on the net after the event.

P/S: My dream of getting myself a telescope since I was a kid never fade away. I will definitely get one in the future, just afraid of Malaysia's geographical position wouldn't allow me to enjoy much. :-\

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Perseids Meteor Shower