About today s Perseid meteor shower, what time does the Perseid meteor shower appear?

August Meteor Shower Name: Perseids Cohort Cohort Conatal Body: 109p Swift-Tuttle Radiant: Perseus

Expected date of appearance: 12th-13th.

Description: The flow rate is high, and the peak hourly flow rate is about 60 pieces. The brightness is low, and patience is required when observing.

It should be at 3-4 o'clock tomorrow morning.

But the flow is not as spectacular as Leo.

And if you look at it, you might be disappointed.

I once saw Perseus really have very few meteors.

Sparsely streaked across the night sky.

And meteors aren't as slow as they are on TV, they're going very fast.

If you have the patience, you can wait and see

Also: Perseus is just where you can see when you look up, a little further east, and you can see it with the naked eye.

There are no special requirements for the location and equipment for meteor shower observations, as long as you find a place with less light pollution. The observation tool is the best with the naked eye, the brightness of the meteor is higher, and the naked eye has the advantage of a large field of view.

The best time to observe is after the rise of Perseus in the first half of the night, when there is no interference from the moonlight. However, the maximum value of ** is in the early morning of the 13th, but the moon has risen at this time, which will have a certain impact on the observation.

Two days later, August 13 is the maximum period of the Perseid meteor shower. The radiant rises just after 9 p.m. and is located at a northern elevation angle of 50 degrees at 4 a.m. August 13 is the thirteenth day of the lunar calendar, and the moon has already appeared in the eastern sky after nightfall, and it does not disappear until 3 4 o'clock in the morning, so the observation period on the night of the 12th and 13th is mostly affected by the moonlight, and only 1 2 hours before dawn is the most suitable for observation.

Therefore, meteor showers are held almost all night, mainly in the second half of the night. However, since it was the thirteenth day of the lunar calendar and was close to the full moon, it was greatly affected by the moonlight. Therefore, the best time to observe the August 13 maximum is between the period between the setting of the Moon and the rise of the Sun.

In addition, it should be noted that the most correct posture for a meteor shower is actually to observe with the naked eye in an open place such as a roof or mountain top facing the radiant (you can directly lie on the ground to watch it when observing for a long time), and do not try to use an astronomical telescope or binoculars to go to a meteor.

The best remaining chance of this month's meteor shower is the upcoming 24 o'clock tonight - it's dawn.

To see tonight's meteor shower, it's best to meet both of these conditions:

1.Meteor showers can be seen in places where you can see dense stars when you usually look at the stars. It's better to be empty.

2.Another important condition for watching meteor showers is that the weather is sunny (at least there should be less clouds), so don't trust the weather forecast too much, and take the weather you actually see (if you actually see 1,000 stars tonight, you can see the meteors).

Method: Lie down and look at the zenith and nearby areas, meteors are more likely to appear in the sky from the zenith to the northeast. I saw 102 of them all night last night. Don't use a telescope to see meteor showers.