A spectacular show will take place between the night of August 12 and the morning of 13, the best stage is the northern hemisphere and admission is free. This is the meteor shower known as the Perseids, which this year promises to be even more impressive than in 2014.
The conditions for observing this phenomenon are particularly favorable, provided the sky is clear, because for the first time since 2007 the meteor shower coincides with the new moon.
The Perseids are actually pieces of the comet Swift-Tuttle, which 133 years each visit Earth.
When passing, the comet leaves a cloud of debris in the middle of the Earth’s orbit, and each time our planet passes through this region these pieces entering the Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of 60 kilometers per second.
When they collide with the atmosphere, warming the air around them and create lines of light shooting are all years from Earth between July 17 and August 24.
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In its peak intensity I-estimated for the night and morning of 12 and 13 . August- may see up to 100 meteors per hour
“The nearly moonless sky this year means that the vision will be excellent,” said Alan MacRobert, editor of the journal Sky & amp; Telescope.
From Earth, the meteor shower appears to originate from a single point is called radiant.
Its location is used for naming the phenomenon. As the radiant is in the constellation Perseus, they are called Perseids.
To see them no need to use telescopes or other implement. It is best to find a dark place outdoors, away from artificial lights.
The next approach the comet Swift-Tuttle to the Sun will be in July 2126.
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