THE PERSEID METEOR SHOWER

The Perseid meteor shower is the most exciting astronomy event of the year.

It can be viewed the nights of 17 July through 24 August 2020. The peak night when you will see the most meteors will be Wednesday, 12 August. 

Expect light pollution from the Moon this year. 

Due to COVID-19, the Zanesville Astronomy Club will not host a Perseids Meteor Shower event.

The best viewing time is from eleven pm and later.  After midnight, expect to see at least one meteor or shooting star per…

REMANZACCO OBSERVATORY BLOG 
NEOWISE COMET C/2020 F3

This information was first reported on 3 April 2020 by bloggers at the Remanzacco Observatory in Italy. They specialize in asteroids and comets and near-space objects.  I recommend you follow their data through email or Facebook.. (The image to the left is 15 July 2020 from Germany.)

New Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) 
https://remanzacco.blogspot.com/p/daily-updated-asteroid-flybys.html 

CBET 4740 & MPEC 2020-G05, issued on 2020, April 01, announce the…