With clear skies and temperatures warming up again this weekend, night sky conditions will be ideal to view the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.
More on Seattle weatherAccording to NASA, given Earth’s trajectory into the meteor stream, Perseid meteors will start to be seen hitting the planet’s atmosphere in the mid-to-late evening hours, peaking toward dawn. The best time of night to see the meteors is from midnight to near sunrise. To top it off, a waning crescent moon will allow for even the dimmest shooting stars to shine.
No special equipment is needed. Just find a wide-open sky and, even better, away from city lights. Your eyes may take as long as 20 minutes to adapt to the dark. In a dark sky, you may see up to 60 meteors per hour. Hang in there for at least an hour since the meteors tend to come in spurts interspersed with lulls.
Bring along a lounge chair with a blanket or a lawn blanket. A warm drink in a thermos may be helpful to tag along as well.The Perseid meteors are traced to the constellation Perseus, and hence the name of the meteor shower in honor of the constellation Perseus the Hero. In ancient Greek star lore, Perseus is the son of the god Zeus and the mortal Danaë. The Perseid shower commemorates the time when Zeus visited Danaë, the mother of Perseus, in a shower of gold.
The stars in Perseus are light years away. There is no threat of the meteors reaching the Earth’s surface. The meteors are quite small and burn up about 60 miles above the planet’s surface, leaving wonderful streaks of light across the night sky.So with the clear skies and little moonlight, there cannot be any more perfect conditions to view the Northern Hemisphere’s most popular meteor event – the Perseid meteor shower – than right now if you can’t view it this weekend, no worries.
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