Meteor shower tonight

The annual Perseid meteor shower has been growing in intensity for weeks and will reach its peak overnight tonight, Friday, August 12, and into the pre-dawn ...

The ideal time to catch a glimpse of the meteor shower is just after midnight when the sky will be at its darkest.

They occur with warm summer night-time weather allowing sky watchers to comfortably view them.” Where can you see the Perseid Meteor shower in the UK? The Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak between Friday 12th August and Saturday 13th August. What is the Perseid meteor shower? Taking place in July and August every year, the meteor shower offers up to 50 or 100 meteors every hour. The Perseid meteor shower will be lighting up the night’s sky in the UK this weekend.

One of the biggest celestial marvels of the year is the Perseid Meteor Shower and you can watch it tonight and tomorrow.

This means that not only do the meteors have to compete with a full moon but one that appears larger and brighter. This can disrupt viewing as high light pollution dims the visibility of the meteors, so those in cities could struggle to view the shower. The best time to view will be on Saturday morning between 12am and 5:30am as this is when the shower peaks.

Tonight's Perseid Meteor Shower peak is going to be all but totally overwhelmed by the Sturgeon Moon supermoon.

As a result, unfortunately, this will not be the best year to photograph the Perseid Meteor Shower. This year, this event has some overwhelming celestial competition: a Sturgeon Moon. A Sturgeon Moon refers to a supermoon, the name for when the Moon is full while also being at the closest point to Earth in its orbit. This peak time means that, typically, upwards of 100 “shooting stars” will be visible per hour.

If you do decide to look for the Perseid meteors, the best time should be after midnight on Saturday morning.

The spiritual meaning of the Sturgeon Moon is the claiming of a more fruitful life and focusing on gratitude, according to trusted-astrology.com. “A radiant is the point of origin of the meteor shower, so the Perseid meteors will appear to be travelling away from the constellation Perseus in the night sky.” The August full moon is also known as the Sturgeon Moon, is set to light up Irish skies over the next two nights. Unfortunately, the peak of the Perseids occurs the same night as the full Moon, but if you don’t get the chance to see the Perseid shower, you’ll see a beautiful supermoon. The Perseid meteor shower is set to be visible in Irish skies in what is regarded as one of the biggest highlights of the year for space enthusiasts. Their radiant – the point in the sky from which the Perseids appear to come – is the constellation Perseus. This is also where we get the name for the shower: Perseids.

The activity of the Perseids meteor shower will peak tonight, with the best time for viewing after midnight.

Meteor showers are best viewed at the darkest point of night, after midnight. Although the ‘shooting stars’ appear to come from the Perseus constellation, you do not necessarily need to look in any particular direction to see the meteor shower, and it will not help to use binoculars or a telescope. The Perseids are so named because the meteors appear to come from the Perseus constellation, which is located near one of the brightest star formations, Cassiopeia the Queen.

The meteors come from leftover comet particles and broken asteroids and a trail of dust forms when the comets fly around the sun. The dust collides with the ...

If people in Ireland miss this one, they will have to wait until July next year, and, of course, we cannot guarantee the weather in July next year will be as good as what is forecast for this week." Meanwhile, last night's supermoon lit-up skies over Ireland and it can be seen again today in the glorious weather. The meteors come from leftover comet particles and broken asteroids and a trail of dust forms when the comets fly around the sun.

Getting a good shot is tricky so here are some tips to capture a picture of the Perseid meteor shower at its peak in August.

You want the stars to be sharp and the meteorites to look like streams of light.” “Once you get over 30 seconds you’ll get movement in the normal stars and you don’t want that – you’ll have lines everywhere. “You have to have all of those three, otherwise it won’t work.”