Monday, August 10, 2015

Space, here the night of St. Lawrence: one of the shooting stars – Il Sole 24 Ore

August 10, 2015



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Milan (askanews) – The Night of the Shooting Stars has always been considered a magical night and romantic of all those who, nose up, scan the night sky looking for stars and falling want to esprimere.Le Perseids are, in reality, grains of ice and dust, residues of the tail of the comet Swift-Tuttle, made incandescent by the impact with the Earth’s atmosphere that, every year, these days, it crosses the trajectory in its orbit around the Sole.Per those who live in the northern hemisphere, this meteor shower in August is the most beautiful among the shows of the summer sky: with a little ‘luck – and the right darkness – at times of maximum intensity, you can count from 50 to 100 meteors all’ora.Per 2015 the peak time, however, according to the INAF, the National Institute of Astrophysics, is the night between 12 and 13 August 2015 because it falls right the day before the new moon, then with the sky dark enough to allow you to better appreciate the fenomeno.L’altra unknown, finally, the weather forecast, also seem to give favored the night of 12 compared to that of St. Lorenzo rather cover up all of Italy.

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