Friends of the Earth are organising a night trekking and observation of
shooting stars on August 12, at 7.20pm in Troodos.
The company is now celebrating after winning the
Shooting Star business award run by Hudders-field Town.
If you want the chance to see the
shooting stars at an observatory then our new observatory in Wark, just north of Hexham, is running a "
Shooting Star Supper" event.
Robin Scagell, vice president of the Society for Popular Astronomy, said: "The thing about
shooting stars is they're a wonderful free spectacle we can all enjoy, assuming clear skies.
"The peak of the Geminids meteor shower takes place over December 13-14 when you will be able to see more than 50
shooting stars per hour.
Meteors are commonly called falling stars or
shooting stars. If any part of the meteoroid survives burning up and hits the Earth, that remaining bit is then called a meteorite.
The EFP, which this year celebrates its 10th anniversary as the Hamburg-based umbrella of Europe's national film promotion bodies, had presented the British thesp--along with 17 other up-and-coming Europeans--as one of their "
Shooting Stars" in 2000, and closely tracked Craig's career from "little-known" to capturing one of the world's most coveted roles.
The smoldering streak can be seen as a
shooting star. "Every day, about 3,000 tons of space material falls to Earth--most in the form of
shooting stars," says Nicholas White, a NASA astronomer.
In our crazy media--obsessed world there are the fantastic
shooting stars, always waiting to be shot down, ranging from Britney Spears to the latest American Idol, all savoring and exulting in their fifteen-minute Andy Warhol allocation of transient fame.
MY Monday nights currently wouldn't be complete without devoting these 30 minutes to
Shooting Stars.
The storm of
shooting stars will build from 10.30pm on Monday and peak at 4am on Tuesday when several thousand per hour should be seen.
For tonight and tomorrow night, as long as the clouds roll back, the pitch black sky will be a backdrop to a shower of
shooting stars and fireballs which could prove to be the highlight in Year 2001's astronomical calendar.