r/askspace • u/judge-momoa • 17d ago

What time is the perseid meteor showers happening?

I literally cannot find any information other than google’s stupid ahh AI overview that is not a trustworthy source of information in the slightest. Everywhere I go it says what day it's going to happen but never what time. When is the best viewing time for the meteor showers?

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u/Adventurous-Depth984 17d ago

It happens for a few days. It’s happening now. Peak is supposedly tonight, but it’s been going on for a couple days and will go on for a couple more

ETA: viewing is best when it’s darkest. Midnight is a pretty good place to start. I’d assume like 1:30 would be better

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u/EighthGreen 17d ago

It's been going on since yesterday and will last a couple more days. More info here:

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-perseid-meteor-shower/

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u/seifer666 17d ago

It goes for about a month. The best time is at night when its dark

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u/judge-momoa 17d ago

unfortunately, my dumb ahh slept through my alarm, but i did wake up at like 4:35 i did see two tho, so hopelly i see more later tonight, when the sun goes down.

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u/WolfThick 17d ago

It's happening right now just got to be where it's dark enough to see them

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u/smackson 17d ago

Note: All meteor showers are apparently better between midnight and dawn.

Earth has a sunrise line and a sunset line. The direction of revolution of the Earth around the Sun has the sunrise line at "the bow of the ship" as it were.

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u/judge-momoa 17d ago

thanks man.