2023 is an excellent year for observe the perseids Well, during the maximum, the Moon will be in the new moon phase and it will not be an impediment. The best time to observe them is the early morning from Saturday 12 to Sunday 13 August, but since the end of July they have been able to see some. We just need a place protected from artificial light, a cloudless sky and a little patience.
This month of August will be very favorable for the observation of the Perseids since its maximum happens very close to the new moon (which will take place on the 16th). Therefore, contrary to what happened last year, this time the moonlight will not be an impediment to see the shooting stars.
He number of observable Perseids per hour is highly variable. In a very dark place and with the radiant high above the horizon, it can exceed a hundred. However, the number of meteors observed per hour can vary very rapidly as the density of rock fragments varies in the area of space traversed by the Earth, for this reason concrete predictions about a specific number of meteors depending on the day and time are difficult to obtain. perform and are usually affected by high uncertainty.
The highest activity of the Perseids (measured in number of meteors per hour) will be reached in the early morning from Saturday 12 to Sunday 13 August. The best times to see more and brighter meteors are from dusk until 3 or 4 in the morning. It is when the edge of the waning Moon has not yet risen and when the constellation of Perseus is already high on the horizon.
Although the radiant of this shower of stars is in the constellation of Perseusit is not necessary to know the constellations, nor is it essential to look towards Perseus, to see the Perseids. Las Shooting Stars They can appear anywhere in the celestial vault, although they all seem to come from that point called the radiant.