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topicnews · July 19, 2025

The Perseids, which are considered the best meteor showers of the year, are about to start

The Perseids, which are considered the best meteor showers of the year, are about to start


The Persids regarded by astronomers as the best meteor showers of the year begin at the beginning.

The meteor showers take place annually from July 17th to August 23 and, according to the American Meteor Society, usually reached in mid -August.

His “fast and bright” meteors often leave “wakes” of light and color behind when they roam through the earth's atmosphere, which leads to the best annual exhibition of meteors, astronomers say.

The Perseids are also known for their fire balls, which according to NASA still have longer than an average meteor stripes longer than an average meteor strip. Fire balls are brighter and come from larger particles from cometers.

A look at the 2023 Perseid meteors from the southernmost part of the Sequoia National Forest near Piute Peak. The Comet Swift-Tuttle creates the Perseids.

NASA

According to NASA, the Perseids can produce between 50 and 100 meteors per hour under a dark sky. And because they appear in summer, the audience enables the nightly weather to watch them comfortably.

Where do the Persids come from?

The Perseids come from the rubble left behind by the comet, which circles the sun every 133 years.

The large comet with a core of 16 miles is led to twice as large as the hypothesis on the extinction of dinosaurs, according to NASA. It was discovered in 1862 by Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle and last visited the inner solar system in 1992.

A meteor roams during the highlight of the annual Perseid meteor shoes in the province of Isfahan, southeast of Tehran, Iran, August 13, 2024 in the province of Isfahan.

Morteza Nikoubazl/Nurphoto about Getty Images

When comets come around the sun, the dust they radiate forms a trace, which then manifests itself as fiery and colorful stripes in the sky. When the debris collides with the earth's atmosphere.

How to watch the Perseid meteor shower

The Persids can be viewed throughout the night sky, but according to NASA, they can best be seen from the northern hemisphere in the pre-morning lessons.

To find the meteor shower, look towards the constellation Perseus, where the radiation of the Persids seems to come.

A long exposure photo shows stars that illuminate the sky on Lake Hazar and Mount Hazarbaba during the Perseid meteor shower in the Sivrice District in Elazig, Turkey, on August 14, 2024.

Ismail Sen/Anadolu via Getty Images

For the best tour, NASA advises the audience to lie flat on the back of light pollution in a region. Metors should be visible after about 30 minutes if the eyes appear after dark.

According to Earthsky.org, the meteor shower awaits around August 12, according to Earthsky.org.