When the popular shooting star nights are reported in mid-August, their ‘mother comet’ is often shown in the picture. And Lower Austria plays a unique role in the world, which even the American space agency NASA likes to profit from. Why this is so and how “Krone” readers can win a special Perseid night.
The dust trail of comet “109P/Swift-Tuttle” causes the annual Perseid “fireworks” on Earth. Because the tiny particles burn up each year as they enter the Earth’s atmosphere when our planet approaches the comet’s former orbit.
Readers of “Krone” can still win a special August evening with this astronomical spectacle if they enter our competition before Sunday, July 28. Because in the Waldviertel, where there is little light pollution, you can see the beacon of shooting stars shine particularly brightly on a clear starry night with the team from the Martinsberg Astronomical Center. The fact that Lower Austria plays a special role here is mainly due to one person…
Source: Krone
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