Head To Nomahegan Park To View Perseids
With only partly cloudy skies forecast, we should be able to get a good view of the Perseids meteor shower, which is set to peak this weekend.
The forecast for Saturday night is mostly cloudy but Sunday night should be nice and clear — great weather for viewing the Perseids meteor shower! The best time for viewing is between midnight and dawn Saturday and Sunday (weather permitting, of course). Good local sites for viewing might include: (Do you know of a great location? Share it in the comments section below!) The Perseids are a meteor shower visible when the Earth passes through the tail of the Swift-Tuttle comet. The meteor shower has been visible for about 2,000 years. The Swift-Tuttle comet orbits once every 133 years, according to NASA. “The Perseids can be seen all over the sky, but the best viewing opportunities will be across the northern hemisphere,” according to a 2011…
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