{"id":2894,"date":"2010-08-11T17:46:17","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T23:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2010-08-11T17:46:17","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T23:46:17","slug":"near-perfect-viewing-of-the-perseid-meteor-shower-wednesday-thursday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/astronomy\/near-perfect-viewing-of-the-perseid-meteor-shower-wednesday-thursday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Near perfect viewing of the Perseid meteor shower Wednesday &#038; Thursday night"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2895\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2895\" title=\"Perseid Meteor Shower\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/2010-08-11_174319.jpg\" alt=\"Stargazers have an extraordinary opportunity to see the Perseid meteor shower Wednesday and Thursday nights.\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/2010-08-11_174319.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/2010-08-11_174319-150x88.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stargazers have an extraordinary opportunity to see the Perseid meteor shower Wednesday and Thursday nights.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An extraordinary opportunity to view the annual Perseid meteor shower awaits those who stay up late or get up very early the next two days.\u00a0 The night sky tonight and tomorrow will be lit up with the fiery fragments of Comet Swift-Tuttle thanks in part to moonless nights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the 2010 show, the moon will not be up during the pre-dawn hours allowing a very dark sky to show off the meteors as they enter the Earth\u2019s atmosphere. At its peak, observers this year may see as many as 100 Perseids per hour.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great opportunity to see an extraordinary light show in the heavens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner~y2010m8d11-Annual-Perseid-meteor-shower-to-peak-this-week-Where-and-when-to-see-the-show\">We have written a complete story on the Denver Weather Examiner including details on where and when to look .\u00a0 Head over there to learn more!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An extraordinary opportunity to view the annual Perseid meteor shower awaits those who stay up late or get up very early the next two days.\u00a0 The night sky tonight and tomorrow will be lit up with the fiery fragments of Comet Swift-Tuttle thanks in part to moonless nights.\u00a0 For the 2010 show, the moon will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/astronomy\/near-perfect-viewing-of-the-perseid-meteor-shower-wednesday-thursday-night\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Near perfect viewing of the Perseid meteor shower Wednesday &#038; Thursday night<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[432,431],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2896,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions\/2896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}