The Perseid meteor shower will be at its peak between Aug. 10 and 14, and while this is typically the best sky-watching time of the year—at least according to some people—there’s going to be a supermoon on Aug. 10, which will brighten the sky and make meteors a bit more difficult to see. No matter how you slice it, though, it’s a good time to be an astronomer (or at least into awesome celestial events). Get outside on an upcoming night, and look up!
Executive Editor Ryan Miller wrote this week’s Discovery Corner, a weekly column in the Sun highlighting events, science activities, and more. The Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum is at 705 South McClelland St. in Santa Maria, open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Send comments to discoverycorner@santamariasun.com.
This article appears in Aug 7-14, 2014.