Perseid Meteordusche 2025: How and when you see it

Meteor showers occur when dust runs from a passing comet or asteroids through the earth's atmosphere. The tiny particles – approximately the size of a grain of sand – evaporate visible light strips.

More metore are visible in the densest parts of the dust current.

Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle is a “periodic” comet, which means that it has a orbit of less than 200 years. It was first discovered by Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle – hence the name.

In order to find the Perseid meteor shower, it is best to search for the point in the sky where you seem to be known as the radiation -which is the constellation of Perseus.

It should be easiest to recognize a meteor in the northern hemisphere between midnight and an hour before sunrise, but of course everything depends on the cloud cover, so it is worth checking the weather where you are first on the BBC Weather app or the website of the BBC -Weather app or the website.

The ideal viewing conditions are a dark, clear sky with a broad unobstructed view. You don't need binoculars or a telescope.

The further you are removed from the light pollution, the better you will have the chance to see the meteors, but you may have to give your eyes time to adapt to the lower light.