Perseus Meteor Shower

The most popular meteor shower around is coming to the sky for the grandest performance it can muster for one night only.
Perseus meteor shower. But bright meteors will still be visible on the. The perseid meteor shower considered by stargazers to be the best of the summer is set to peak this week. We expect a good number to overcome the.
Made of tiny space debris from the comet swift tuttle the perseids are named after the constellation perseus. The perseids which peak during mid august are considered the best meteor shower of the year. They occur every year between july 17 and august 24 and tend to peak around august 9 13.
About the meteor shower. The perseids are one of the most plentiful showers 50 100 meteors seen per. With very fast and bright meteors perseids frequently leave long wakes of light and color behind them as they streak through earth s atmosphere.
The perseid meteor shower one of the most popular meteor showers of the year will face some competition from the moon this year during its peak. Not only will tonight s perseid meteor shower feature more than 60. The bright perseids are perhaps the most popular meteor shower of the year.
The perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet swift tuttle the meteors are called the perseids because the point from which they appear to hail called the radiant lies in the constellation perseus. But if the last quarter moon that will appear during the shower this year is especially bright they ll be washed out. The perseids are one of the brighter meteor showers of the year.