Perseid Meteor Shower 2022: Know When, Where and How to Watch the Celestial Event

What is a Perseid Meteor?

The pieces of space debris, Perseids, originated from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Widely known for their fireballs, perseids persist between larger explosions of light and colour.The shooting star derives its name from the constellation Perseus. between this method is not the source of the meteors, the constellation support the viewer to find the right control on the night of the shower. 

How does the Perseid Meteor Shower occur?

The Perseid meteor shower peaks in mid-August and is considered to be an eye treat for all the stargazers.Space Experts say meteors all over the sun leave a dusty trail after them and every year when Earth Chance between the trail ofdebris, its collision making colourful streaks in the sky. The long bands of heavy cometary materials moving between the earth’s atmosphere turn brighter, with apparent magnitudes greater than -3.This mighty downpour of Perseids usually happens during the warm nights of summer. The meteor frequently leaves long trails of light and hue after with all over a range of 50 to 100 shoots per hour.

How to watch Perseid Meteor Shower in India?

The upcomingPerseid meteor shower is a delight for Astrophile & Stargazers. anyway , the peak of the shower is likely to be fainted due to the moonshine, as it coincides with a full moon day. Gazers will be able to witness the lustrous meteor tails in the Northern Hemisphere during the pre-dawn hours. anyway , some experts as well as say that it will be possible to view meteors as early as 10 PM, with naked eyes. 

For public residing in urban or semi-urban areas, watching the Perseid meteor shower may be even more difficult supply the light tainting . anyway , for such folks,Virtual Telescope scheme  will be running a live stream of the event on its YouTube channel. The web telecast of the meteor shower will be based on the feed shared between robotic telescopes at the Bellatrix Astronomical Observatory in Italy. The live stream of the event is arrange to start on 11th August 2022 from 7 AM onwards.