The Perseids Meteor Shower peaks again this year on the night of August 12 into the morning of the 13th. We will have special meteor shower star party pricing of 75nis/person on the peak nights of the 11th and 12th of August. The town of Mitzpe Ramon is supposed to turn off its lights on both those nights, but I'm not sure. We will be located at Silent Arrow, probably the best, easiest to get to dark sky location in Mitzpe Ramon. Just drive down Ben Gurion Avenue and keep going behind town and you will come to the sign for Silent Arrow. Contact them at info@silentarrow.com to see if there are any places left to spend the night. We will begin our meteor shower viewing there from 8:30pm-12:01am.
Last year because of Covid over 30,000 people came to the area. There was a traffic jam all the way from Beer Sheva into Mitzpe Ramon at night. I expect much the same this year, so plan to come early. Silent Arrow is not in the Crater where most people go, so it should be relatively isolated from the Balagan.
We will set up chairs but bring blankets to lie on and warm clothes. The desert gets cold at night. We will also set up telescopes for our traditional star tour, but meteor showers are whole-sky naked eye events, best viewed by lying down and looking up with no optical aid.
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Places to eat: https://www.insidemitzpe.co.il/
More information about the Perseids Meteor Shower:
http://www.astronomyisrael.com/2017/07/perseids-meteor-shower-2017-in-mitzpe.html
http://www.astronomyisrael.com/2018/07/perseids-meteor-shower-star-party.html
http://www.astronomyisrael.com/2020/07/perseids-meteor-shower-2020-in-israel.html
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