CANDACE CAMPOS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE, THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 09:00AM I
GETTING RESULTS.
>> CANDACE: WELL, IT’S
STARGAZING IS SOMETHING THAT
WE ALL DON’T DO ENOUGH OF.
RIGHT. AND THIS WEEK WILL BE
THE BEST TIME TO SEE ONE OF
THE YEAR’S MOST THE BEST
METEOR SHOWERS THIS YEAR. YES,
THE PEAK OF THE ANNUAL PERSEID
METEOR SHOWER IS ALMOST HERE.
HERE NOW TO GIVE US AN
ASTRONOMY LESSON AND HOW TO
SEE THE SHOWERS. DEREK DEMMON
OR PLANETARIUM DIRECTOR AT
SEMINOLE STATE COLLEGE. NICE
TO SEE HER IN THE STUDIO
INSTEAD OF ON ZOOM LIKE THE
LAST TIME WE CHATTED FIRST OF
ALL, TELL US WHAT WHAT IS THE
PERSEID METEOR SHOWER.
>> SO THE PERSON METEOR SHOWER
BASICALLY ESSENTIALLY WE ARE
ORBITING THROUGH A DEBRIS
FIELD OF A COMET CALLED SWIFT
TUTTLE. SO AROUND THIS TIME OF
YEAR GIVEN BARRED BY ALL THESE
PIECES OF ICE AND AND DUST
THAT HITTER ATMOSPHERE AND
PRODUCES BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY
METEORS, WHICH WE CALL THE
PERSON YOU SHARON THE NAME
ITSELF ACTUALLY COMES FROM THE
CONSTELLATION PERSEUS. WHICH
IS WHERE ESSENTIALLY METEORS
APPEAR TO BE COMING FROM THE
CAUGHT THE RADIANT POINT. SO
WHEN YOU LOOK UP IN THE SKY,
YOU’LL SEE ME OR SHE STREAKING
ACROSS THE SKY. ALL FROM THAT
PART OF THE AREA WHICH WE CALL
ENDS TONIGHT.
>> BRIDGETT: WHAT THE PERCY
AND MEDIA SHOWER METEOR
SHOWERS. SO SPECIAL. DEREK.
>> SO WHAT’S REALLY FAMOUS
ABOUT PERSON METEOR SHOWERS.
WE GET A HIGHER CHANCE OF
THESE THINGS CALLED FIREBALLS
AND A FIREBALL ESSENTIALLY IS
A MUCH, MUCH BRIGHTER MEDIA
HERE THAT YOU CAN EVEN BE SEEN
IN REALLY LIKELY TO PLACES
LIKE ORLANDO. SO IF YOU’RE
HERE IN THE CITY, YOU MIGHT
SEE THIS HUGE JUST GREENISH
GLOW SHOOT ACROSS THE SKY AND
THE PERSEIDS. 10 HAVE A HIGHER
CHANCE OF OF SEEING THESE.
THESE FIREBALLS SO MAKES IT
QUITE A SPECTACLE. YEAH. OKAY.
SO THE BIG QUESTION IS, IS
WHEN’S THE BEST TIME TO SEE
IT.
>> WHERE SHOULD WE BE LOOKING
TO SEE IT. SO KIND OF GIVE US
GOT THAT BREAK DOWN.
>> SO REALLY UNIQUE CLEAR
SKIES. AND THANKFULLY RIGHT
NOW. YOU KNOW, ACCORDING YOU
KNOW, BEING IN FLORIDA.
USUALLY IT STARTS TO CLEAR UP
REALLY NICE LATER IN THE EARLY
MORNING. USUALLY WHEN THESE
METEOR SHOWERS ARE REALLY.
KIND OF AT THEIR PEAK. SO
UNFORTUNATELY IT IS A EARLY
MORNING VIEWING. SO ANY TIME
AFTER MIDNIGHT IS A REALLY
GOOD CHANCE. HOWEVER, ANY TIME
IT’S DARK OUTSIDE, YOU MIGHT
SEE A METEOR IN THE SKY. SO
REALLY YOU JUST NEED TO HAVE A
CLEAR SKY. YOU NEED TO GO
OUTSIDE AT NIGHT. LOOK UP AND
THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO KIND OF
JUST RELAX, MAYBE GET A LAWN
CHAIR AND JUST PULL BACK AND
LOOK UP AND BEAST SHOOTING
AROUND ALL OVER THE SKIES. BUT
OF COURSE, YOU HAVE A HIGHER
CHANCE OF SEEING THEM. IF YOU
LOOK TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST
AFTER MIDNIGHT. THAT’S KIND OF
WHERE PERSIST WILL BE IN THE
SKY.
>> HAVE WE SEEN THE PEAK AT
IRWIN IS THE PEAK.
>> SO THE PEAK ACTUALLY BEGINS
TOMORROW NIGHT AND INTO
THURSDAY. SO SO WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY WILL BE THE HIGHEST
CHANCE OF SEEING METEORS. BUT
ACTUALLY GOES ON THROUGH THIS
WHOLE WEEK. SO, YOU KNOW, LOOK
UP IF YOU SEE ME HERE, IT
COULD VERY POSSIBLY BE A
PERSON. OTHERS ALSO SPORADIC
SWITCH MEANS THAT THEY’RE
METEORS ARE JUST COMING
THROUGH ATMOSPHERE ALL THE
TIME. SO IT MIGHT NOT ALWAYS
BE A PROCEED. BUT YOUR CHANCES
ARE GOING TO BE MUCH HIGHER
DURING METEOR SHOWER SCENE.
WHAT’S ONE OF THOSE FUN FACTS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
THE TIME AND SPACE OF US
SEEING THIS VERSUS, YOU KNOW
WHERE IT’S HAPPENING IN SPACE.
>> WELL, IT’S JUST IT’S JUST A
REMINDER THAT THINGS ARE IN
MOTION, RIGHT. SO YOU HAVE
THIS COMMENT THAT’S ORBITING
AROUND THE SUN WERE ORBITING
AROUND THE SUN AND YOU KNOW,
THIS COMMENT IS VERY, VERY FAR
AWAY. MILLIONS MILLIONS
MILLIONS OF MILES AWAY AND
THAT DUST THAT’S COMING OFF OF
COMMENTS. FINALLY SO WE’RE
ACTUALLY SEEING SPACE DUST
THAT BURNING UP IN OUR
ATMOSPHERE AND JUST KIND OF
GIVES YOU A SENSE OF
CONNECTION. BUT THE OTHER
THING I LOVE TO IS THAT DURING
THE PERSEID METEOR SHOWERS BUT
SHE COULD GET TO A DARK SKY.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE MILKY
WAY WHICH IS THIS BIG BAND OF
LIGHT THAT CONTAINS THIS NEAR
THE CENTER OF OUR OWN GALAXY
THAN WE REMINDED WHEN WE LOOK
AT THE NIGHT SKY, JUST HOW
CONNECTED WE ARE TO OUR COSMOS
AND WE GET A CHANCE TO SEE
THAT. SO THAT’S ONE OF MY
FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT IT MAKES
YOU FEEL REALLY TINY HAHA. AND
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
BEING CONNECTED AND THE
PLANETARIUM, OF COURSE, HAS
BEEN.
>> CLOSED FOR FOR A LITTLE
WHILE. WHAT WHAT’S WHAT’S NEXT
FOR THE PLANETARIUM.
>> SO RIGHT NOW WE’RE STILL
FIGURING OUT ALL LOGISTICS.
BUT WE’RE HOPING TO REOPEN IN
OCTOBER. WE’RE GOING TO BE
DOING SOME LIMITED PUBLIC
SHOWS WILL BE DOING SOME
OUTDOOR EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE
CAN SPREAD OUT. BUT STILL
ENJOY THE NIGHT SKY LOOK TO
OUR TELESCOPES. SO WE ARE
EXCITED TO BRING PEOPLE BACK
TO THE PLANT AREA TO GET THEM
TO LOOK BACK UP AT THE NIGHT
SKY AND ENJOY OUR COSMOS.
>> JULIE: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU
SO MUCH CHARACTER JOINING US
TODAY. WE’RE EXCITED TO GET
BACK TO THE PLANETARIUM IS,
WHAT ARE YOUR SHIRT BY THE
WAY, THINK I HAVE TO SAY, GOT
LOOKS STELLAR DOESN’T WANT NOW