Earthsky Tonight – August 11, How to find the radiant point for Perseid meteors
The 2010 Perseid meteors are peaking over the next few days. As always, you will see the most meteors between midnight and dawn.
Earthsky Tonight—August 4, Cassiopeia the Queen on summer evenings
Queen Cassiopeia was said to have offended the sea nymphs, or Nereids, by boasting that her own beauty was greater than theirs. It is said that the nymphs appealed to…