Sky to Host 2 Meteor Showers Next Week

As earth is moving into orbital path of Comet Swift-Tuttle, the parent of the Perseid meteor shower, the debris from the comet will set a celestial show on earth next week from August 11-14.

As per experts, the Perseid meteor shower will be at its peak, particularly during the pre-dawn hours of Aug. 13 when you could see 50 meteors an hour in a dark moonless sky.

Apart from the Perseid meteor shower, sky next week will also be hosting the Delta Aquarid meteor shower.

Astronomers stated that the major good news is that this year the moonrise actually doesn’t occur until after sunrise, which means that there will be a dark sky. But they suggested that if one really wants to enjoy the view one should find a pace which is far from city light and pollution.

Experts stated that on August 13 when the Perseid meteor shower will be at its peak, more and more Perseid meteors will streak the nighttime, when the evening deepens into late night next week, and the meteor shower radiant climbs higher in the sky.

The meteors don’t start to pick up steam until after midnight, and usually don’t bombard the sky most abundantly until the wee hours before dawn.

Experts said that as most of the meteors do occur after midnight, you could be fortunate to see an earthgrazer, a long, slow, colorful meteor traveling horizontally across the evening sky.

Earthgrazer meteors are usually rare but are far more exciting and memorable, if one happens to spot one. Perseid earthgrazers can only appear at early to mid-evening, when the radiant point of the shower is close to the horizon said experts.