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Perseids & Eclipse Sky Show | Leeds News
The sky delivered a cosmic spectacle this week: the peak of the dazzling Perseid meteor shower collided with a rare partial solar eclipse, creating the perfect dark canvas for stargazers. With up to 150 meteors per hour under ideal conditions, the best viewing window was between midnight and 5:30 AM on August 13th — and the new moon made it even better. Named after the Greek hero Perseus, this ancient celestial event has inspired myths from Greece to Rome and Christian lore calling it the “Tears of St. Lawrence.” Science explains it as Earth slicing through debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle…
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