by It is finally time to view one of the best meteor shower shower: the brilliant display that is known as the perseurs.
The Perseid Meteors shower, which is known for producing dozens of clear meteors that leave long stripes in their wake, will peak on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
In previous years it produced around 40 to 50 visible meteors per hour, but Sky-Gagers will probably not see that much this year, said Bill Cooke, the lead for the office of NASA’s Meteoroid Environments. This is due to the fact that the Persid shower takes place shortly after the full moon of August.
The moon will be in a decreasing Gibbous phase and with a lighting of approximately 85%, which means that the light of the Moon Meteor spot will make it harder. According to experts you may see about 10 to 20 meteors per hour.
When should you pay attention to meteors
Although the peak of the perseurs will take place well before sunset in the US, there are two times between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, where stargazers have to strive to be outside for the best chance of getting a meteor.
“Between De Dusking and the Maanrise on the evening of 12 August, there will be a one-hour gap before the moon rises,” when you can search for and-lead activity, Robert Lunsford, Fireball Report coordinator for the American Meteor Society.
These meteors shoot in all directions from the Perseus constellation, which is located in the northern sky. However, Lunsford noted that, by Perseus who currently resembles the horizon, much of the meteor activity will be blocked from sight.
“Every meteors that you see at that time will be called Earth Grazers because they can just graze the upper atmosphere,” he said. While most of the perspective -meteors are visible to mere milliseconds, the few natural engrazers that you may see “will be very long and will last two or three seconds,” he added.
The last few hours before the start of the day on Wednesday is the other window in which Lunsford recommends to try to see the shower. “There will be a clear moon in the southern sky, but if you turn your gaze to the north and look a little at the Constellation Perseus, you can still see the brighter meteors.”
Check out for planets
The peak of the perseurs takes place just after the combination of Venus and Jupiter, and the two planets will still be close together and shine clearly. The best view will be in the eastern sky for sunrise.
“These are the two brightest planets,” said Lunsford. “This (conjunction) happens about once a year, but it is still spectacular if you get the two brightest planets really close together.”
Saturn will also participate in the celestial display of the night on Tuesday on Tuesday. It will appear near the moon and, according to Earthsky, will get up before midnight.
Upcoming Meteoordouches
Here are the peak dates of other meteor showers that are expected in 2025, according to the American Meteor Society and Earthsky.
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Southern Taurids: 3-4 November
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Northern Taurids: 8-9 November
Upcoming Full Manes
Watch out for four full moons this year, with supermons that take place in October, November and December. Their dates are:
Lunar and Solar Definitations in 2025
Two Eclipse events will take place when the summer ends.
A total lunar eclipse will be visible in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, parts of East -Zuid -Arikika, Alaska and Antarctica on 7 and 8 September, according to time and date.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon goes directly into the shade of the earth while the sun, the earth and the moon are in line. This makes the moon appear darker or dimmed.
When the moon is in the darkest part of the shade of the earth, the sun’s rays from behind the earth and the light break, causing the moon to get a reddish tint, according to London Natural History Museum. Some people call the result a ‘blood moon’.
Two weeks later, on September 21, a partial solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Australia, the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific and Antarctica.
Sun -eclipses occur when the moon moves between the sun and the earth. In the case of a partial solar eclipse, the moon does not completely block the sun. It creates a half moon – as if the moon took a bite from the sun.
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