Class divisions and meteor showers

Update: 2025-08-24

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The moon passes Mars. Saturn and Fomalhaut shine bright. Three planets still give morning greetings. And it's not too late to see Perseid meteors. I tell you about how meteor showers are put into four classes according to how easy they are to see.

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A not-so-great greatest elongation; three bright objects in a group; Geminids

2025-12-0705:34

Getting the light just right

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Many movements to follow

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What we learned from the Leonids

2025-11-1605:04

Aiming at the Andromeda Galaxy

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Close but no conjunction; Pleiades legends

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Events to choose from all night long

2025-10-2603:59

New moon meteor shower

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Mars passes a quadruple star system; try to catch Comet Lemmon

2025-10-1206:07

Saturn Nebula

2025-10-0505:27

Deep sky sights in the celestial swan

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Class divisions and meteor showers

2025-08-2404:57

Here's Huygens

2025-08-1705:24

Martian ice caps

2025-08-1005:07

Perseids possible already

2025-08-0305:10

The Great Square and the Summer Triangle

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Pluto and its companions

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The fear of germs from space

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No gold star for a.i.

2025-07-0605:23

Appreciating Galileo's mistake

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Class divisions and meteor showers

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Class divisions and meteor showers

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Class divisions and meteor showers