{"id":6866,"date":"2017-08-10T04:18:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T04:18:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-08-10T04:18:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T04:18:17","slug":"metero-shower-dubai-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/metero-shower-dubai-august\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fantastic Meteor Shower Is Expected To Hit Dubai Skies Over The Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This weekend between August 11 -13, Dubai skies will hopefully light up with an impressive meteor shower.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Perseid Meteor Shower typically shows 80 meteors per hour but can show up to 100 &#8211; 150 meteors hourly on a clear dark night, so fingers crossed this won&#8217;t disappoint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is an annual meteor shower that is visible around the world and is known as one of the most reliable shows of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Join a local astronomy group to watch the show<\/h3>\n<p>Dubai Astronomy Group, an amateur astronomy group, is inviting people to join them to discuss the showers in a free for all event on Friday evening and then to view the shower at a soon-to-be-disclosed location for AED 100 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed they&#8217;ll have an excellent view point and the group provides telescopes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"iframe-wrap\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdubaiastronomy%2Fposts%2F1398104156911788&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"696\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This weekend between August 11 -13, Dubai skies will hopefully light up with an impressive meteor shower.\u00a0 The Perseid Meteor Shower typically shows 80 meteors per hour but can show up to 100 &#8211; 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