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Perseid Meteor Shower Best Views Thursday Night, August 12, 2010

The Perseid meteor shower, one of the year’s best, is coming up late this week. The best viewing will be in the hours between midnight August 12 and dawn on August 13, according to the editors of StarDate magazine.

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