# Perseid Meteors

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/perseid-meteors/235673>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 13, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/perseid-meteors/235673 "2007-08-13T23:29:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![glosrfc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/glosrfc/32/8334_2.png) [@glosrfc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glosrfc)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/perseid-meteors/235673/1 "2007-08-13T23:29:12Z")

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Anyone see the meteor showers? I managed to grab a pic of one passing through the handle of the Plough.

![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/4002/218f7a2c8e8721bc.jpg)

If you peer closely enough at Mizar, the second star in the handle, you can also just make out its smaller binary partner, Alcor.