US EditionPerseids are peaking: Top tips for seeing this summer’s best meteor shower
Observers can expect 10 to 20 meteors per hour due to bright moonlight, down from 40 to 50 per hour under darker skies, NASA officials said.
- On Aug. 12, the Perseid meteor shower peaks on the nights of Aug. 12 and Aug. 13, offering the best chance to see multiple meteors across the sky.
- Observers face sky brightness due to recent full moon, making fainter meteors harder to see, as the Perseids peak later this week.
- Under dark skies, NASA forecasts around 40 to 50 meteors per hour, but sky-gazers this year may see fewer, says Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environments Office.
- The last hours before daybreak on Wednesday are the prime viewing window, according to Bill Cooke, with good visibility also possible earlier in the night.
- Stargazers can next catch a total lunar eclipse on September 7 and 8, with the partial solar eclipse on September 21, although these are outside the current date options.
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