What a tremendous live! I am from Brazil and my hobby is photography and I have been tracking meteor showers, eclipses, etc... I learnt a lot with the live. Thank you
The sky over my house is very light polluted, it was sort of cloudy but I still saw two beautiful Perseids! However, I recall watching this shower since I was about 14, which is half a century ago. Shouldn't they reduce over time???
Last return of the Perseid's parent comet was in the early 1990s. The comet SHOULD replenish its orbit with debris on that timescale. Robert Lunsford - of the American Meteor Society and International Meteor Organization - told us the Perseids HAVE reduced slightly in recent years. But, by all reports, 2024 was an excellent year for the Perseids!
A meteor shower happens when the Earth in its orbit intersects a band of debris. Usually the debris is what has broken off a comet and is very fine dust and ice. The particles burn up when they hit Earth's atmosphere and make the "shooting stars" that we see. More information about meteor showers: earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide/
1965 on cape cod across the sand dunes from ptown. Spectacular display.
What a tremendous live! I am from Brazil and my hobby is photography and I have been tracking meteor showers, eclipses, etc... I learnt a lot with the live. Thank you
You are welcome. Thank you for telling us!
The sky over my house is very light polluted, it was sort of cloudy but I still saw two beautiful Perseids! However, I recall watching this shower since I was about 14, which is half a century ago. Shouldn't they reduce over time???
Last return of the Perseid's parent comet was in the early 1990s. The comet SHOULD replenish its orbit with debris on that timescale. Robert Lunsford - of the American Meteor Society and International Meteor Organization - told us the Perseids HAVE reduced slightly in recent years. But, by all reports, 2024 was an excellent year for the Perseids!
When is a meteorial shower
A meteor shower happens when the Earth in its orbit intersects a band of debris. Usually the debris is what has broken off a comet and is very fine dust and ice. The particles burn up when they hit Earth's atmosphere and make the "shooting stars" that we see. More information about meteor showers: earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide/
Ok look thanks
In America
These meteors can be seen throughout the Northern Hemisphere and to some extent from the Southern Hemisphere.