September 2002

August Perseids Update & Meteor Shower Prospects for October

September 2002 : By Dave Huestis

For once in who knows how long, the skies were clear for the August Perseid meteor shower! Now only if the shower itself could have cooperated!! The usually reliable Perseid meteor shower fell well below expectations this year. And it wasn't just here in southern New England. All the data I have seen to date indicates the shower only produced about half of the normal peak rate of 60 meteors per hour.