Stargazers Anticipate A Sky Spectacular At Galloway park
SCOTLAND. – Annual Perseid meteor showers, associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle, are normally visible from the middle of July every year, gaining peak activity in the middle of August. This year they are expected to peak on 12-13 August.
During the peak, the rate buy Benemid online of meteors goes up to 60 or more per hour. These showers can be seen all across the sky, but because of the path of Swift-Tuttle’s orbit, Perseids are primarily visible in the northern hemisphere.
Forestry Commission Scotland has established part of Galloway Forest Park as the first Dark Sky Park in the UK. Announced as an award by the International Dark Sky Association (IDA), on 16th November 2009 in the International Year of Astronomy, it is a massive achievement for the UK and the south West of Scotland.
Galloway Forest Park is now recognized as one the best places in the UK to watch the annual Perseids meteor shower.
Keith Muir, head of recreation and tourism for Galloway at the Forestry Commission in Scotland in a recent statement said “We are all keeping our fingers crossed that we get clear cheapest price cialis skies at the time of the meteor shower as we may witness a really spectacular show.
“The best time to see everything will be on the Thursday evening and Friday morning but there may well be an increase in astronomical activity a few days either side.
“Observing to the north east towards the constellation of Perseus will give the best views.”
The Perseid meteor shower has been observed for about 2000 years, with the earliest available information on this sale cialis meteor shower coming from the Far East.
It is said that the Catholics refer to the Perseids as the “tears of St. Lawrence”, since August 10 is the date of that saint’s martyrdom.