On the night of August 13, the Perseid meteor shower will peak, reports news portal science alert. Starfall will be able to see Earth’s Northern Hemisphere inhabitants, including Russians.
The Perseid shower is a meteor shower that appears in the constellation Perseus each year in August. It is formed as a result of Earth’s passage through a cluster of dust particles emitted by Comet Swift-Tuttle. The smallest particles, the size of a grain of sand, burn in the earth’s atmosphere, creating a “starburst”. Its intensity gradually rises, reaches its peak and then decreases.
The downpour is active from July 17 to August 24 and usually peaks on August 12. The number of meteors usually reaches 60 per hour. According to astronomers, this time up to 100 shooting stars will be visible per hour.
Scientists note that meteor showers are best observed with the naked eye, in areas with clear skies and little light pollution. reportedly “News”The best starfall will be seen from the Ural cities: Perm, Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg, Tyumen and Ufa.
Earlier astronomers opened a record-breaking near-star system to fit into the sun.