New article on my Examiner site – with links to homeschool info.
Aug. 11 and 12 are great nights for viewing, because the Perseids are at their peak and it’s a new moon. However, the meteors will be showing all this week and the next.
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I am SOOO excited about this. I just hope the sky clears up so my boys and I can go enjoy seeing this. It’s been storming most of today and the sky is overcast. We’ll see… maybe tomorrow night instead.
Very cool. I hope I can wake the 5yo up for this. He’s the best sleeper, but the only one who would be interested, so far.
Oh, thanks for the reminder!
It’s not looking good for tonight as far as cloud cover doggonit! However, I will still get up at 4a just to check. Only an hour early than usual.