Residents of the Kaluga region will be able to see the Perseid starfall. As reported on the website of the K.E. Tsiolkovsky, on the night of August 12-13, a stream of up to 110 meteors per hour is expected.
“According to forecasts, up to 110 meteors per hour are expected this year on the night of August 12-13. It is better to observe them in the deep night in the eastern part of the sky, high enough above the horizon,” the message says.
In August, the inhabitants of the entire Northern Hemisphere of the Earth observe an amazing phenomenon – a stellar shower. The stars don’t really fall anywhere. It’s just that the smallest particles fly into the earth’s atmosphere and burn up there. The Perseid Stream is one of the brightest and most intense meteor events. It is active annually from about the end of July to the end of August. The employees of the Kaluga planetarium have already managed to observe this unusual action. Unfortunately, cloudy weather can spoil the spectacle.
A meteor shower results from the passage of the Earth through a plume of dust particles released by comet Swift-Tuttle.