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When it comes to night life, some say it’s the best show in town.
The show is the August meteor showers, predicted to peak Thursday, August 13, according to James Madison University astronomy buff Henry Leap.
Prof. Leap, who is a physics laboratory specialist and helps conduct the ongoing series of shows at JMU’s Wells Planetarium, said the summer sky is filled with stars, planets and distant galaxies to stimulate the imagination and conjure up the ancient mythology of the Greeks and Romans.
Perhaps best known are the August meteor showers, called the Perseids. Their name comes from the constellation Perseus, named after the hero who rescued the beautiful princess Andromeda from Cetus, the dreaded sea monster.
According to Prof. Leap, each meteor shower is given a name that is based on the constellation from
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