New mailCopyThe Perseid shower peaks on the morning of 12 August, but meteors may be seen up to a week before or after.

The best time to view is from midnight to dawn. They generally appear to radiate, at 60 or more per hour, from a point high in the north.

The meteors appear to radiate from the constellation of Perseus - hence the name ‘Perseids’. The shower stems from the comet Swift-Tuttle, which has an orbital period around the Sun of 133 years.

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The Perseid shower peaks on the morning of 12 August, but meteors may be seen up to a week before or after.

The best time to view is from midnight to dawn. They generally appear to radiate, at 60 or more per hour, from a point high in the north.

The meteors appear to radiate from the constellation of Perseus - hence the name ‘Perseids’. The shower stems from the comet Swift-Tuttle, which has an orbital period around the Sun of 133 years.

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