#meteorbaltimore – The Beacon in Baltimore was just one place last night to see the ongoing Perseid meteor shower, which will be visible in the Irish night sky until tonight.
Wednesday night saw the highest level of activity for the shower, with some stargazers seeing up to 100 shooting stars in hour-long periods.
"The reports we're getting are almost twice as good as we expected," said David Moore, chairman of Astronomy Ireland. "I lost count after the first 50 I saw."
The annual Perseid shower results from the Earth crossing the trail of the comet Swift-Tuttle, which takes a stately 133 years to orbit the sun. The Perseid shower is particularly bright this year.
While activity has decreased after Wednesday's peak, Mr Moore said that in the best viewing areas, shooting stars might still be up to 20 times more frequent than on an average night. More here from the Irish Times
What an incredible photo of the meteor shower last night at the Beacon in Baltimore taken by Michael Stephen last...
Posted by Best Photo's Of Baltimore Ireland on Thursday, 13 August 2015
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