2015-08-12 6:10 [Photo: sxc / cc / Sundstrom] 
Perseid maximum, ie up to 100 shooting stars per hour, waiting for astronomy enthusiasts in the night from Wednesday to Thursday. Observations of meteors will be held in many places in Poland, and the largest in Warsaw Copernicus Science Centre.
This year the conditions conducive to the observers, because the August nights are warm and cloudless, and observations will not be disturbed Moon – appears only in the sky for several minutes before sunrise.
The Meteors seem to be running out of the constellation Perseus, hence their name – the Perseids. They are also sometimes called “tears of St. Lawrence”, since August 10, that is, during the peak, is the day of his martyrdom.
“What seems to us shooting star, in fact, is just a speck of dust, often no larger than a grain of sand. It falls into the Earth’s atmosphere and friction for it warms up, is burned, and trace this process we observe in the sky as short-lived, fast flash “- explained PAP popularizer of astronomy with planetarium Charles Wojcicki Heavens of Copernicus – Centre Copernicus Science (CSC) in Warsaw.
Most meteors can be seen when the Earth collides with a plume of gas and dust left by a comet. This happens every year in July and August, when our planet meets with the material left behind by the comet 109P / Swift-Tuttle. Earth its way through her braid, and its particles invade Earth’s atmosphere.
“meteor activity in cities is not so visible, because they disappear in the glow of the city, but the brightest, the most attractive are certainly visible. You can go to the park, sit in the square and the square, go up on the roof or balcony and patiently staring at the sky “- noted Wojcicki.
The biggest in Poland joint observation of shooting stars last few years, the Center Copernicus Science. This year, interest in the joint stare at the sky can come to the CSC between the hours. 21 and 2 in the morning.
Just as in previous years – to darken the urban landscape and to facilitate observation – in Warsaw will be extinguished illumination Copernicus Science Centre, a planetarium Copernicus Sky and Discovery Park. The stadium lights go out, PGE National and Municipal Roads illuminations switched off Świętokrzyski Bridge, Poniatowski and the Silesian-Dabrowski will also be switched off lighting on the square Kahla. The Warsaw Metro switch off lighting elements ground part of the metro station Copernicus Science Centre.
The common observation of meteors, outside Warsaw, organized, among others, Kalisz (on the Champs de Mars), Piekary Slaskie (on the Mound Liberation) in Gdansk (Hewelianum Center). (PAP)
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