Although the summer so far has turned out to be pretty lame for observing deep sky objects (too light, too humid, too many clouds etc.), this event is more terrestrial. Meaning, you don't need uber clear condition to see the stars falling.
But it might be a good idea to get out though, as Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office explains:
Cooke recommends
looking on the nights of August 12th and 13th between the hours of 10:30
PM to 4:30 AM local time. Before midnight the meteor rate will start
out low, then increase as the night wears on, peaking before sunrise
when the constellation Perseus is high in the sky.
For every fireball that streaks out of Perseus, there will be dozens more ordinary meteors.
"Get away from city lights," advises Cooke. "While fireballs can be seen from urban areas, the much greater number of faint Perseids is visible only from the countryside."
In total, the Perseid meteor rate from dark-sky sites could top 100 per hour.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-07-perseid-fireballs.html#jCp
For every fireball that streaks out of Perseus, there will be dozens more ordinary meteors.
"Get away from city lights," advises Cooke. "While fireballs can be seen from urban areas, the much greater number of faint Perseids is visible only from the countryside."
In total, the Perseid meteor rate from dark-sky sites could top 100 per hour.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-07-perseid-fireballs.html#jCp
"Get away from city
lights," advises Cooke. "While fireballs can be seen from urban areas,
the much greater number of faint Perseids is visible only from the
countryside."
In total, the Perseid meteor rate from dark-sky sites could top 100 per hour.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-07-perseid-fireballs.html#jCp
In total, the Perseid meteor rate from dark-sky sites could top 100 per hour.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-07-perseid-fireballs.html#jCp
Cooke recommends
looking on the nights of August 12th and 13th between the hours of 10:30
PM to 4:30 AM local time. Before midnight the meteor rate will start
out low, then increase as the night wears on, peaking before sunrise
when the constellation Perseus is high in the sky.
For every fireball that streaks out of Perseus, there will be dozens more ordinary meteors.
"Get away from city lights," advises Cooke. "While fireballs can be seen from urban areas, the much greater number of faint Perseids is visible only from the countryside."
In total, the Perseid meteor rate from dark-sky sites could top 100 per hour.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-07-perseid-fireballs.html#jCp
For every fireball that streaks out of Perseus, there will be dozens more ordinary meteors.
"Get away from city lights," advises Cooke. "While fireballs can be seen from urban areas, the much greater number of faint Perseids is visible only from the countryside."
In total, the Perseid meteor rate from dark-sky sites could top 100 per hour.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-07-perseid-fireballs.html#jCp
"Get away from city
lights," advises Cooke. "While fireballs can be seen from urban areas,
the much greater number of faint Perseids is visible only from the
countryside."
In total, the Perseid meteor rate from dark-sky sites could top 100 per hour.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-07-perseid-fireballs.html#jCp
In total, the Perseid meteor rate from dark-sky sites could top 100 per hour.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-07-perseid-fireballs.html#jCp
Cooke recommends looking on the nights of August 12th and 13th between the hours of 10:30 PM to 4:30 AM local time. Before midnight the meteor rate will start out low, then increase as the night wears on, peaking before sunrise when the constellation Perseus is high in the sky.
For every fireball that streaks out of Perseus, there will be dozens more ordinary meteors.
"Get away from city lights," advises Cooke. "While fireballs can be seen from urban areas, the much greater number of faint Perseids is visible only from the countryside."
In total, the Perseid meteor rate from dark-sky sites could top 100 per hour.
That's quite a show. So: mark your calendar on the 12th and 13th of August!
And keep your fingers crossed for clear(ish) skies.
via: phys.org
