August Meteor Shower

The perseids are technically past their peak but may be easier to see now with the moon going dark.

August meteor shower. The resulting meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn and if you re lucky you might be able to catch a glimpse. Another highlight in august is the perseid meteor shower to our skies. The next shower you might be able to see is known as the perseids.

Your last chance to check out one of the showers will be august 15 a date that luckily happens to have a waning crescent moon that will make spotting meteors easy. Known as shooting stars meteors appear as brief streaks of light when small space rocks called meteoroids plunge into earth s. The meteor shower is active from july 14 to august 24 but it will most likely peak on august 11 and 12.

The perseid meteor shower occurs every year from about july 23 to august 22 reaching its peak from late midnight august 11 to dawn august 13. The perseid meteor shower. The 2020 perseid meteor shower began on friday july 17 and lasts until monday august 24.

So while the perseids are rich. A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate or originate from one point in the night sky called radiant these meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering earth s atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories. The perseids are one of the best meteor showers of the year and they reach their peak on the night of august 12 13.

In 2021 the perseids will peak on the night between aug 12 13. The shower s maximum when the greatest number of meteors per hour fall 50 per hour is typically in the pre dawn hours when it s still dark of august 11 12 or 13. The perseids are one of the brighter meteor showers of the year.

Last year a bright full moon made things a little bit tricky for skywatchers looking to get a glimpse of the perseids. The skies are particularly active in august with three separate meteor showers visible in the night sky throughout the month. Bright meteor shower in august.