The most active three-day period of the Perseid meteor shower, which takes place in the first weeks of August every year and is one of the most prominent and popular meteor movements due to the observation conditions, begins tonight.
The naked eye can be monitored and is considered one of the year’s most impressive celestial events as a Perseid meteor shower during the 11-12 per hour and 50 to 70 meteors can be observed on the August 13 night shift. It will occur in the form of a meteor shower, star drift, or fireball.
“You may have to wait for a long time to witness the shifting stars.” that in order to be necessary to be in
Experts stateable to watch this visual feast better, it is an environment away from the city lights and to prepare the eyes for a dark environment, it is necessary to wait for an average of 15-30 minutes.
Astrophysicist Doctor Paige Godfrey stated that one should be patient while watching the meteor shower, “Sometimes you have to wait a long time in a dark environment to witness the successive star shifts. Sometimes you may not see anything for minutes, but at other times, you may not miss the successive meteor showers. You may not even want to blink your eyes. ” he spoke.
For which can be observed more clearly this year
those who want to watch the meteor shower in front of the screen,, sites such as Slooh.com, which provides an online telescope image service on the internet, provide content.
The Perseid Meteor Shower, which astronomers describe as one of the most spectacular meteor movements, is formed as a result of the burning of meteorites roaming the Solar System in the atmosphere.
Although the moonlight will negatively affect observing this natural event in August 2020, it will not coincide with the full moon as in 2019, so clearer images will occur in the sky compared to last year.
So how should meteor shower be monitored?
Since meteor showers occur in a very large area of the sky, more star drift is encountered with the naked eye. You may get closer and clearer images with a telescope or binoculars, but you may miss many meteor showers for this reason. Your mobile phone can record the sky with the camera, but the reflection of the meteors will appear on the screen very small because the lens structures are different.
