Tonight there could be as many as 100 meteors per hour visible but if you look at the wrong time you won't be able to see anything
Scientists have explained the best time to watch a meteor shower which is set to reach its peak tonight . Tonight there could be as many as 100 meteors per hour visible as the Perseid storm hits.
And if you want to get the best view you need to wait until the night sky is at its darkest - which is from 11.30pm until about 5.30am. If skies are clear, the Perseid meteor shower should be visible across the UK from around sunset on the night of August 12 until the early hours of August 13. Peak temperatures can reach anywhere from 1,648C to 5,537C as they hit the atmosphere. The meteors are called Perseids because they seem to dart out of the constellation Perseus. Although they peak on the night of August 12, Daniel Brown, associate professor in astronomy at Nottingham Trent University, said it is worth keeping an eye out for a secondary peak, should it occur.
“So in addition to meteor showers not being a one-evening thing - slowly increasing and then decreasing over days - we might see that the most active evening might be followed by another one a day or two later.”
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