The night of shooting stars. The best places to watch the Perseids? – Gazeta.pl

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Every year the Perseids orbit – one of the most famous meteor swarms – crosses the orbit of Earth, What makes the sky appear the popular “shooting stars”. This takes place in late July and August.

As of the end of July you can observe a single meteor, but this night is the peak of the Perseid shower. – The name Perseid comes from the name of the constellation Perseus, which moves the radiant during the occurrence of the swarm. Tonight is the peak of the swarm. The sky will be able to see every minute flash of a meteor falling – says Jacek Szubiakowski, director of the Olsztyn Planetarium.

The Perseids are pieces of the comet Swift-Tuttle. It is they who are our “shooting stars” fulfilling wishes. They will fly more than a hundred kilometers above the planet at a speed of 60 kilometers per second.

The warm August nights give us the opportunity to observe this phenomenon at any point, the condition is one – there must be dark. It also organizes special screenings Olsztyn Planetarium. – At. 22 and 23 on the terrace of the observatory shows take place the night sky, of course, will be there, you can admire the falling Perseids. Certainly, it will be noticeable, because he has to fall one Perseid per minute – says Jacek Szubiakowski.

In addition to the terrace, we can take advantage of what the observatory offers every day, or see the brightest moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn and more others.

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