{"id":3805,"date":"2014-08-07T08:45:10","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T08:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.italygreentravel.com\/?p=3805"},"modified":"2015-07-24T20:54:09","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T18:54:09","slug":"star-dust-august-nights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/star-dust-august-nights\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Dust in August nights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getting ready to admire the <strong>rain of falling stars <\/strong>on the night of August, 16th? Are you afraid this crazy summer and its hectic weather may ruin the show and your romantic dreams?<br \/>\n<em>Prof. Mauro Arpino<\/em>, one of the astronomic experts at <strong>Hoepli Planetarium <\/strong>in Milan is more worried about the full Moon rather than the weather conditions.<br \/>\nThe best possible way to admire the phenomenon of the falling stars is when you can admire them in a complete dark sky and their light can illuminate everything. It is a rather difficult condition in our cities where lights and signs create the phenomenon of <strong>light pollution<\/strong>. This year the peak period for the falling stars coincides with a <strong>full Moon <\/strong>in the sky of August: it is not exactly the ideal condition.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3805 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/star-dust-august-nights\/cradle-of-stars-by-scott-cresswll-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/Cradle-of-stars-by-Scott-Cresswll-via-Flickr-250x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stars at sunset\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3812\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3812'>\n\t\t\t\tStars at sunset by Scott Cresswll via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/star-dust-august-nights\/stella-cadente-foto-di-kris-williams-via-flick\/#main'><img width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/Stella-cadente-foto-di-Kris-Williams-via-Flick-250x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Falling star\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3821\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3821'>\n\t\t\t\tFalling star by Kris Williams via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/star-dust-august-nights\/stars-by-david-dehetre-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/Stars-by-David-DeHetre-via-Flickr-250x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stars\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3819\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3819'>\n\t\t\t\tStars by David DeHetre via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>Magic dust from the stars<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><em>What are we talking about when we talk about falling stars? Are they really falling from the sky onto the ground?<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Though it may sound not really romantic, the falling stars are just made of dust.<br \/>\nIt is anyway <strong>magic dust<\/strong>: it comes from the faraway depths of our <strong>Universe<\/strong> and it travelled thousands of light years to reach us.<br \/>\nThe falling stars are just the remains of a process known as <strong>sublimation<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe sublimation is what happens when the comets, large agglomerates of ice and sand, come close to the Sun: the ice melts and little particles of sand move around freely composing a specific shape we call the <strong>comet tail<\/strong>.<br \/>\nWhat we see and point out\u00a0to our dearest ones is just the comet tail.<br \/>\nThe falling stars do not actually fall on the Earth as they get burn when penetrating the atmosphere.<br \/>\nWhen we hear or read of a star which fell on the Earth, it is actually a <strong>meteorite<\/strong> big enough not to get disintegrated entering our atmosphere. It makes big title in newspapers and it finally ends on sale in Ebay.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3805 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/star-dust-august-nights\/stars-by-derek-finch-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/Stars-by-Derek-Finch-via-Flickr-250x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stars\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3820\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3820'>\n\t\t\t\tStars by Derek Finch via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/star-dust-august-nights\/perseidi-foro-di-chripell-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/Perseidi-foro-di-Chripell-via-Flickr-250x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Perseids\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3814\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3814'>\n\t\t\t\tPerseids photo by Chripell via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/star-dust-august-nights\/cometa-di-gonzalo-g-useta-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/Cometa-di-Gonzalo-G.-Useta-via-Flickr-250x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A comet\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3810\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3810'>\n\t\t\t\tComet by Gonzalo G. Useta via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>It\u2019s now or never: this is the right time for the falling stars<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><em>Is it the month of August the best time to catch a falling star? And if it is so, why?<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>No doubt about it: August is the best moment to admire the phenomenon of the falling stars. The Earth crosses the orbit of the <strong>Swift Tuttle\u2019s comet tail<\/strong> right in this month allowing us a clear vision of the <strong>Perseids<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThough the Perseids are the most beautiful and important meteor shower in our sky they are not the only ones. We can admire the <strong>Leonids<\/strong> and the <strong><strong>Lyrids<\/strong><\/strong> as well.<br \/>\nYet, August is just great for the Perseids but it is absolutely not the right time to admire the Leonids and the Lyrids.<br \/>\nThe Leonids are by far more impacting as a star phenomenon than the Perseids: if we were talking about precious stones, <em>the Leonids would be like gigantic diamonds in a maharaja\u2019s treasure. <\/em>Just one note: beautiful and precious as they are, they lead a very secretive life far away from us. They come closer to the Earth on approx. every November,17th every 33 years. <strong>Next appointment: 2034. Just save the date!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-3805 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/star-dust-august-nights\/perseidi-di-tiziano-l-u-caviglia-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/Perseidi-di-Tiziano-L.U.-Caviglia-via-Flickr-250x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3822\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3822'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Perseids by Tiziano U. Caviglia via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/star-dust-august-nights\/effetti-speciali-su-cielo-stellato-foto-di-scot-butber-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/Effetti-speciali-su-cielo-stellato-foto-di-Scot-Butber-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3824\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3824'>\n\t\t\t\tStarry sky by Scot Butber via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/star-dust-august-nights\/meteora-della-costellazione-del-leone-foto-di-ed-sweeney-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/Meteora-della-costellazione-del-Leone-foto-di-Ed-Sweeney-via-Flickr-250x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A meteorite\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3816\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3816'>\n\t\t\t\tMeteorite of the Leo costellation photo by Ed Sweeney via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>When you wish upon a star<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><em>Can a falling star make your wish come true?<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Celestial messengers coming from high above us, we have started giving stars the <strong>power of making our dreams coming true.<\/strong><br \/>\nIs it true? Is it not? Well, I would agree with Mr. Oscar Wilde when he wrote <em>&#8216;As for believing things, I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-3805 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/star-dust-august-nights\/planetario-hoepli-milano-foto-di-pierangelo-zavatarelli-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/Planetario-Hoepli-Milano-foto-di-Pierangelo-Zavatarelli-via-Flickr-250x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Planetarium Hoepli\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-3828\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-3828'>\n\t\t\t\tPlanetarium Hoepli Milan by Pierangelo Zavatarelli via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/star-dust-august-nights\/interno-del-planetario-hoepli-a-milano-foto-di-cinzia-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/Interno-del-Planetario-Hoepli-a-Milano-foto-di-Cinzia-via-Flickr-250x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Planetarium Hoepli\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-3815\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-3815'>\n\t\t\t\tPlanetarium Hoepli in Milan by Cinzia via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/star-dust-august-nights\/oasi-zegna-foto-di-cesare-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/Oasi-Zegna-foto-di-Cesare-via-Flickr-250x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Trees\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-3813\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-3813'>\n\t\t\t\tOasi Zegna by Cesare via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>Prof. Giovanni Schiaparelli: the Italian researcher who unveiled the mystery on the falling stars.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><em>A dynasty made of stars<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Prof Giovanni Schiaparelli demonstrated first the connection between comets and falling stars: the falling stars are just the remainders of melting comets. The stars seem to be the mark of his family: his daughter, <strong><em>Mrs. Elsa Schiaparelli<\/em><\/strong>, was one of the most famous and reputed designers of the XX century and his grand grandniece, <em><strong>Mrs. Marisa Berenson<\/strong> i<\/em>s a model and actress and she still has some interests in the fashion world.<\/p>\n<p>Now, can\u2019t wait to know more?<br \/>\nDon\u2019t miss the two <strong>seminars at Planetario Hoepli<\/strong> clicking <a title=\"Planetario, Milan, Italy\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Planetario_di_Milano\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And if you have some spare time on the week end of August,15th visit <strong>Oasi Zegna <\/strong>and assist at the Perseids show at the top of a natural reserve in Piedmont. Read for more info<a title=\"Oasi Zegna, events\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oasizegna.com\/it\/eventi\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>You might like also:<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/top-5-ideas-romantic-weekend-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Top 5 ideas for a romantic weekend in Italy<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/lighthouse-holiday-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lighthouse holiday according to Virginia Woolf style<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/green-labyrinths-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\">The most Incredible Green Labyrinths in Italy<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting ready to admire the rain of falling stars on the night of August, 16th? Are you afraid this crazy summer and its hectic weather may ruin the show and your romantic dreams? 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