Shooting Star Peak: This is how you experience the Perseids in Bremen!

Shooting Star Peak: This is how you experience the Perseids in Bremen!

On the night of August 12th it's that time again: the Perseids, a fascinating shower of shooting stars, reaches its peak. Every August, sky watchers eagerly await these spectacular light displays. This year the sky is particularly exciting because the number of shooting stars is estimated to be relatively high. The constellation Perseus can be seen best, especially in the second half of the night, as butenunbinnen.de reports.

What are the Perseids exactly? This well-known meteor shower is visible in August and gets its name from the direction of the radiant in the constellation Perseus, near Cassiopeia. The meteors are remnants of the dust tail of comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, which orbits the sun every 133 years. The comet, which was last observed near Earth in 1992, leaves behind numerous small pieces of rock in its orbit. When the Earth crosses these orbits around August 12th, the particles penetrate the Earth's atmosphere at a rapid speed of around 60 km/s and create the impressive spectacle of shooting stars, explains kosmos-os.de.

Optimal observation conditions

butenunbinnen.de reported.

A piece of heavenly history

wikipedia.de provides interesting insights.

So if you have the opportunity to observe the night sky, you shouldn't miss this opportunity. Maybe you'll discover one or two shooting star meteorites, and who knows, maybe one or two wishes will come true!