The annual Perseids meteor shower is now underway in the northern hemisphere. Here’s how to catch some falling stars.
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A Perseid Meteor flashes across the night sky above Corfe Castle on August 12, 2016 in Corfe Castle, United Kingdom. The Perseids meteor shower occurs every year when the Earth passes through the cloud of debris left by Comet Swift-Tuttle, and appearThat’s how to see a shooting star or two this week. Although the Perseids is not the northern hemisphere year’s very finest display of shooting stars , it’s everyone’s favorite.
Viiew of meteorite streaking over Trona Pinnacles near Death Valley, CA during annual Perseid Meteor Showers, August 2, 2019. They’re often colorful. That makes them different to most shooting stars. Although most have blink-and-you’ll-miss-them trains that last for a millisecond, some Perseids can be colorful fireballs that are super-bright and leave a long train that lights-up the night sky for a second or so. The more time to spend looking, the more likely you are to see them.
CRIMEA, RUSSIA - AUGUST 11, 2018: The 2018 Perseid meteor shower over the village of Klinovka, Simferopol District. Sergei Malgavko/TASS The Perseids are named after the constellation of Perseus, which is rising in the northeastern night sky at midnight during August. All the shooting stars you see will appear to have come from that part of the sky, though you’re as likely to see them whizzing towards the southern horizon as anywhere else.
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