by The Perseids meteor shower will reach its peak on Tuesday evening until Wednesday morning, with up to 100 stripes visible every hour.
According to NASA, Perseid’s shower that has been working since July 17 is “the best meteor shoes of the year”. Experts find that the moon can affect visibility, but the spectators can still observe the shower if they are in a dark area outside the urban lights and their phones.
Here you will find what you should prepare for the largest meteor showers of the year.
What is a meteor shower?
Meteoroids are falling debris from comets and asteroids that, according to NASA, when they enter the earth’s atmosphere, transform into meteors. As a metore, her paths visible from the earth, which we call “shooting stars” or “Falling Stars”.
A meteor shoes is what happens when a higher number of meteors fall across the sky in a short time. Meteor showers appear all year round at certain times because comets also circle the sun. So if a comet and the crossroads occur on many debris or meteoroids of the comet.
What is to know about the Perseids meteor shower
The Perseid’s meteors leave a particularly long, bright ways when they fall through the earth’s atmosphere, and about 50 to 100 stripes are expected to be visible every hour at their climax.
The Perseids shower comes from the comet 109/Swift-Tuttle, a comet that takes 133 years to circle the sun, and crosses the earth orbit once a year. The name of the shower comes from the constellation Perseus, explains the NASA what the point in the sky is from which the meteors of the persodes fall visible.
Fire balls are also expected to appear all Tuesday evening to Wednesday. “Fireballen” is an astronomical term used by NASA to describe meteoroids that fail in bright colors in the earth’s atmosphere and become more visible than average meteors.
How to watch the Persids meteor shower
The residents of the northern hemisphere will have the best views of personal persodas, reports NASA. However, this year’s shower coincides with the rise of a dwindling moon moon, the phase between a full moon and a crescent moon, which could affect visibility, warned Space.com.
To find the best time to see the Perseids where they are, check the meteor tracking measuring device of the global meteor network.
