Persoids’s meteor shower will reach its maximum point next week. But will the moon ruin it for spectators?

He Meteorite shower of Perseidas – Considered one of the best shows in heaven – You are ready to reach next week. But the peak of the fireballs that trigger through the night sky coincides this year with a brilliant moon that is expected to negatively affect the visibility for anxious spectators.

The Persoid Pico in 2025 is from August 12 to 13, specifically early next Wednesday for those in North America. At that time, the Moon will be full of 84%, according to the American Meteor Society.

“In 2025, the decrease in the Gibosa moon will severely compromise this shower at the time of maximum activity,” says the organization. “These conditions will reduce the activity by at least 75 percent, since only the brightest meteors will be visible.”

The spectators this year can expect to see between 10-20 perseñas every hour, instead of 50 perseñas per hour in darker conditions, he says.

“The strength of each Persoid exhibition varies from year after year, mainly due to lunar conditions,” writes Robert Linsford with the American Meteor Society. “If a bright moon is above the horizon during the night of the maximum activity, then the screen will be reduced. Most Perseid’s meteors are weak and the bright moonlight will make sight difficult.”

Persian meteor rain has been ongoing for several weeks. He began in mid -July and will continue until August 23.

A coordinator of the planetary program in a museum in St. Paul, Minnesota, is advising people who leave a week or so or less after the top when the moon is not so brilliant.

The Perseids “are an incredible rain of meteorites,” said Thaddeus Lacoursiere, from the Bell Museum, to The News.

NASA says that the best time to see the Perseidas is early in the morning, before the sun rises, in the northern hemisphere. However, meteorites can sometimes be seen as soon as the 10 pm

When looking for the Perseids, they seem to come from the constellation of Perseus, so this meteor rain has its name. But meteors do not originate in the constellation; They are spatial debris left by a kite. That rubble interacts with the atmosphere of the earth, disintegrating and resulting in colorful lines in the sky, according to NASA and the American Meteor Society.

“The pieces of spatial debris that interact with our atmosphere to create the Perseids originate in Comet 109p/Swift-Tuttle”, which the internal solar system visited for the last time in 1992, NASA says.

During the peak, next Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the Earth will spend closer to the Central 109p/Swift-Tuttle orbit, writes Lunsford.

“To see the Perseids successfully, it is suggested that you observe from a safe rural area that is as dark as possible,” he says. “The more stars you can see, the more meteors will also be visible.”

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