Stay up late or get up early, it’s going to be a beautiful night in the sky.
That’s because there’s a special light show slated to come down overnight.
Dave Maness from the Pink Palace Museum was here to talk about The Perseid Meteor Shower.
- For stargazers experiencing cloudy or light-polluted skies:
- Go to: Slooh (Space for Everyone)
- Overnight on August 11-12 and August 12-13 beginning at 9 p.m. CDT.
- Sharpe Planetarium
- Pink Palace Museum
- 3050 Central Avenue
- (901) 636-2362
- Go outside after dark with friends, beach chairs, and bug spray as early as August 11 and as late as August 13.
- Set up chairs or a ground cover, lay back and watch. Before long you should start to see some meteors.
To photograph a meteor:
- You’ll need a stable tripod and a camera with a wide angle lens that will permit long exposures.
- Set the camera facing the sky, any direction will do.
- Focus on infinity, set the camera to f/2, and then push the button.
- Stop the picture before ten minutes are up to avoid washout from scattered sky light.
- You may stop it at any time before the ten minutes, if you think you’ve ‘caught’ a meteor. Then set it up for another try.
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