It is time for stars to avoid Deckchars to try to enjoy what is considered one of the best showering per year.
The peak is expected to reach the peak on the night of August 12, although it was active from mid -July and will remain visible for another two weeks.
The annual event, which is the most obvious in the northern hemisphere, arises with the burning of the guilty debris in the atmosphere of the earth.
“Every year, the Earth passes through the materials that were watered by an ancient heavenly body, the comet 109p/swift-tutete, which is estimated at more than 5 billion years older than the earth,” said Dr. Richard Parker, an astronomical physicist at Sheffield University.
He said that the comet visited the internal solar system every 133 years, and would offer the approach closer to Earth in 2126.
Parker added: “It is worth noting that the comet is the largest being approaching the ground – but fortunately, it is not expected to approach seriously for thousands of years.”
Perseids arise because the debris left by the comet remains in space.
“Since we are walking the sun year after year, we continue to hit it at the same time and from the same approach,” said Dr. Ed Bloomer, astronomer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. “So from our point of view, and standing on the ground, it looks as if [the Perseids] It comes from the same part of the sky every year. “
This radiance appears to be in the Perseus constellation – giving the shower a meteor name.
Persius is now visible in the northeastern sky. But to get the best opportunity to see meteorites, Bloomer said that it deserves to turn east and the southeast, and look towards Saturn, or more to the north, as he looks to the main constellation of Orca.
“To increase your chances to the maximum, if you are a little away from Perseus, you are likely to get them out of the angle of your eyes,” noting that it was easier to see low -light lighting conditions.
With the peak that occurs a few days after the moon is complete, the experts said It may be difficult to see this year.
Bloomer said it is better to go out late at night to a dark location as possible, with a clear horizon as possible, and waited up to 30 minutes until your eyes are adjusted.
He recommended watching with friends, but said that individual meteorites may fade for only one, or even less.
He said: “It is one of those things that you can not really discover, move to someone next to you, press it on the shoulder and try to make them look at the same part of the sky. This was done by that time.” “Therefore, it is completely solitary, because you just have to sit and open your eyes and that’s all.”