On the nights of August 12 and 13, you’ll be the most exciting Perseid star.
The stars falling from the Perseids in the night sky appear as the most observable meteor showers of the year. The Svábhegy Observatory said that at least twenty to thirty meteors could be expected per hour. As they wrote, the peak of the Perseida meteor swarm takes a relatively long time, so it will be useful to explore the sky on the surrounding nights, the night of August 12 and 13. The Perseids arrive from the northeast sky direction from 10 AM onwards. However, flashes can appear as far as 40-50 degrees radians. The moon will rest relatively early this year, which increases the chances of a shooting star being successful.
Fallen stars are actually small, dust-sized meteorites, usually scattered by comets and sometimes asteroids in their orbits around the sun. As the Earth rotates annually, it passes through these scattered clouds of dust, bumping into debris left by comets.
Shooting stars scattered in the sky can be seen at any time, however they are practically very rare. However, there is a much better chance of watching it as Earth passes through a newer dust cloud each year, which has been left by comets in the inner solar system in recent years or decades. Dozens of huge showers are known to be seen at this time, including the Quadrantids, Geminids, Leonids, or Perseids. Interestingly, it is named after a constellation determined by the direction of arrival of the falling stars, and the towering stars appear to radiate from a radian point on that constellation.
Source: MTI
