{"id":7590,"date":"2020-08-01T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?p=7590"},"modified":"2020-08-01T21:29:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T13:29:49","slug":"brighter-meteor-showers-this-year-the-perseids-are-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/2020\/08\/brighter-meteor-showers-this-year-the-perseids-are-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighter meteor showers this year, the Perseids are coming soon!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200812_perseidspromo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200812_perseidspromo.jpg 960w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200812_perseidspromo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200812_perseidspromo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200812_perseidspromo-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200812_perseidspromo-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One of the <\/strong>brighter meteor showers of the year &#8211; the Perseids are coming soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They occur every year and visible between July 17 and August 24 . Perseids tend to peak around August 9-13, after midnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depending on your location and sky condition, Perseid meteor observer can see 60 to 100 meteors in an hour from a dark place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perseid Meteors are made of tiny space debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle that briskly burnt in our atmosphere upon entry producing spectacular light shows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Perseids are named after the constellation Perseus because the direction, or radiant, lies in the same direction as the constellation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Period<\/td><td>17 Jul\u201324 Aug<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Peak<\/td><td>12\u201313 Aug in Brunei<br>Up to 150 meteors per hour<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Source<\/td><td>Comet 109P\/Swift-Tuttle<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Where<\/td><td>Northern Hemisphere (Best)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>How<\/td><td>No special equipment to view a meteor shower. <br>Find a viewing spot, away from the city lights. <br>Lie down on the ground and look up. Clear Sky!<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam will hold a special meteor shower observation for its members:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date: Wednesday, 12 August 2020<br>Time: 7 pm\u20135.30 am (Meteor peak from midnight 12 am around 11-12-13 Aug)<br>Venue: Temburong<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Fees: $25 for BBQ &amp; entrance (open space, tea, dinner &amp; camp) for PABD Members only<br>Optional: Additional $40 per person (check-in per night)<br>Activities: 100+ meteors per hour, planets observation\/imaging, stargazing and informal meet-up + BBQ<br>Register (PABD members only): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bruneiastronomy.org\/join\" target=\"_blank\">www.bruneiastronomy.org\/join<\/a><br>Contact: Husaini +673 815 8392<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the brighter meteor showers of the year &#8211; the Perseids are coming soon!&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17],"tags":[5,19,110,6],"class_list":["post-7590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pabd","tag-meteor","tag-pabd","tag-perseids","tag-shower"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}