Catch the Spectacular Perseid Meteor Shower: Best Viewing Tips for August 2024!

If you look at the sky in the coming nights, you will see many shooting stars. The Earth passes by the Perseids, the meteor shower that occurs every year.

Debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle is in the Perseids. As the Earth passes over the thread, particles burn up in the atmosphere. The glowing pieces of debris are called shooting stars, but they are not.

The earth passes through the Perseid orbit every year around this time. The best chance to see the meteors is during the night from Monday to Tuesday. Most shooting stars are expected around 3:45 am, about 50 to 60 per hour, but you also have a good chance of seeing them the nights before and after.

To be able to see meter ears correctly, it is better to find a dark place and look to the northeast. But you can also see the burning debris in other directions.

NOS weather reporter Willemijn Hoebert expects the swarm, in contrast last yearclearly visible. “The coming nights there will be almost no cloud cover. The temperature is also very high, making the conditions perfect for sitting in the garden and looking at the sky.”

What also helps is that the moon sets early. This makes it darker at night and makes it easier to see the meteors in the sky.

Last year the star shower looked like this in Croatia, North Macedonia and Albania.