Year of the Comet
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August 2008
Your source for astronomy expertise — Astronomy magazine editors are here to help enrich media and blogger coverage of meteor showers, space missions, and night-sky events.
2008 Perseid meteor shower chart
No equipment is required to see one of the year's best displays of shooting stars when the Perseid meteor shower peaks August 12.
Published: August 5, 2008
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