Joe Rao is Space.com's skywatching columnist, as well as a veteran meteorologist and eclipse chaser who also serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for Natural History magazine, the Farmers' Almanac and other publications.
Anyone gazing at the summer night sky for even a short length of time is likely to spot a few"shooting stars" darting across the sky. which, at its peak around the nights of Aug. 11 and 12, is capable of producing 50 to 100 fast, bright meteors per hour for a single observer. Many flaring meteors with trains are seen under good skies. 2024 will be a very good year to watch for the Perseids, because bright moonlight will not interfere.
So, any meteoric particle generally must have an orbital velocity greater than that of the Earth to"catch" us. However, after midnight when we are turned onto the Earth's"leading" side, any particle that lies along the planet's orbital path will enteras a meteor.
Only two days will elapse until the Piscis Australids come to a maximum on July 28 . The radiant crosses the meridian at 3:30 a.m. This is a lesser stream; only about eight members per hour will be visible to observers primarily in the Southern Hemisphere, where the radiant climbs high in the sky. But the light from a nearby last quarter moon will hinder visibility.
After the Perseids, the last summer shower is the Kappa Cygnids. The limits of this shower are Aug. 3 - 28, with the peak on Aug. 17. Though the maximum rate is only three per hour, the stream is classified as"slow moving and sometimes brilliant with flaring fireballs," and the careful observer may be nicely rewarded for the time spent. The hours before midnight are the ones to choose for this shower.
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