The meteor shower Perseids, the annual phenomenon that occurs between late July and August will be five times more powerful than in previous years and can be seen from various points.
This can be appreciated the early hours of Thursday until Saturday. This time, the show will be helped by the “little moon” because the sky is moonless much of the night and its brightness will not hurt your observation.
The event also known as Tears of St. Lawrence, occurs when the Earth passes through on its path around the Sun in the wake of comet Swift-Tuttle.
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This comet, which completes an orbit around the Sun approximately every 133 years is heated increasingly approaching the star and emits jets of gas and small particles solid forming the comet’s tail.
Thus, many -small particles-meteoroids break off and crash into the atmosphere.
Experts say not require any special equipment to observe this phenomenon and will be visible only from the northern hemisphere of the Earth.
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According to the site AccuWeather, people located far from urban centers you will see a star every minute, while urban dwellers will observe only those that are brighter, reducing the number to one every 10 minutes.
Experts say the early hours of Thursday and Friday are the best time to see the meteor shower.
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