1 00:00:03,266 --> 00:00:05,500 HOWDY STAR JOCKEYS, TRACE HERE! 2 00:00:05,500 --> 00:00:08,600 THIS WEEK THE PERSEID METEOR SHOWER PEAKS, 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:13,000 AND BECAUSE IT’S A NEW MOON THIS IS POTENTIALLY A GOOD YEAR TO SPOT SOME SPACE DEBRIS HITTING 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:18,033 OUR PLANETARY WIND SHIELD GET IT? BECAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE IS AIR? OKAY LEMME SHOW YOU 5 00:00:18,033 --> 00:00:22,100 FIND A DARK SPOT ANYTIME THIS WEEK OR NEXT AROUND 2AM AND LOOK FOR THE CASSIOPEIA 6 00:00:22,100 --> 00:00:26,566 TILTED FORWARD. NEXT, LOOK NEAR THE HORIZON FOR THE BRIGHT STAR CAPELLA 7 00:00:26,566 --> 00:00:31,000 IN AURIGA. ABOUT HALFWAY IN BETWEEN THEM IS MIRFAK IN PERSEUS. THE PERSEIDS WILL 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,633 RADIATE FROM ABOUT THERE. IF YOU’RE LUCKY YOU MAY SEE DOZENS OF THEM! 9 00:00:35,633 --> 00:00:39,933 THE SHOWER PEAKS THE 12TH AND 13TH WHEN EARTH PASSES THROUGH THE THICKEST CLOUDS OF DUST AND 10 00:00:39,933 --> 00:00:44,366 DEBRIS LEFT BY THE COMET SWIFT-TUTTLE. IT LAST PASSED THE EARTH IN 1992. 11 00:00:44,366 --> 00:00:46,766 BY THE WAY, ON THE 14TH JUPITER AND MARS WILL HAVE 12 00:00:46,766 --> 00:00:48,800 A SPECTACULAR CONJUNCTION IN THE EAST! DON’T MISS IT 13 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:59,733 AND KEEP LOOKIN’ UP!