Meteor shower dubbed 'the Perseids' will follow a solar eclipse on August 12— and will light up the sky from North Carolina to Alaska - New York Post
A partial solar eclipse followed by the Perseid meteor shower is expected to occur between August 12 and 13. The event will be visible across parts of the U.S. and other regions, with optimal viewing conditions provided by a new moon.
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Add The New York Post on Google Stargazers will have a spectacular week of skywatching, as a meteor shower follows a solar eclipse that will sweep across parts of the continental United States from August 12 to August 13.
The eclipse will be partial and will only take a “small bite out of the Sun,” according to NASA , with the amount of lunar overlay varying by location from North Carolina to Alaska.
Visible debris breaking off the subsequent shower, dubbed “the Perseids,” will peak on the evening of August 12 into the early morning hours of August 13 with a path of totality across Greenland, Iceland and Spain.
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