Washington (AP) – Summer’s brightest meteor shower, PiersidsSoon peaks.
This year, a bright moon will be moist on Wednesday morning at the time of peak, so some experts recommend waiting for a week or a week. Glimpses of shooting stars Against a deep sky.
Piersids “There are an incredible meteor shower,” said the Planetarium program coordinator Thadius Lacker at the Bell Museum in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Under the dark sky without the moon, purses can produce between 60 to 100 meteor per hour, he said. Since the moon will be about 84% filled during the peak, Skywachers can expect between 10 to 20 meteors per hour according to the American Metor Society.
“This year I really recommend that people go out a little later” – a week or in the past when the moon would not be so bright, Locorous said.
Watching Perseids lasts till 23 August.
What is meteor shower?
As the Earth revolves around the Sun, many times a year it passes through the debris released by passing through comets and sometimes asteroids.
The source of Perseids is debris from comet 109P/Swift-Tatal.
When these fast -moving space rocks enter the Earth’s atmosphere, debris faces new resistance from the air and become very hot, eventually burning.
Sometimes the surrounding air glows for a while, leaving a fierce tail behind – the end of a “shooting star”.
You do not require special equipment to see various meteor rainfalls that flash from the city lights just away from one place.
How to see a meteor shower
The best time to see a meteor shower is in the early hours when the moon is less in the sky.
Competitive sources of light – such as a bright moon or artificial glow – are the main obstacles for the obvious view of the meteor. Cloudless nights when the moon is the youngest, there are opportunities to see optimal.
And not above, not below. If you are not checking your phone then your eyes will be better customized to spot shooting stars.
When is the next meteor shower?
Next major meteorous shower, orianids, peaks in late October.
