Perseid Meteor Shower Storms the Sky Weekend, When is the Peak Time?

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Researcher from the Space Research Center of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Andi Pangerang explained that this celestial phenomenon can be seen in two stages.

“In this active Perseid range, there are at least 2 timeframes where the Perseid can be seen even though the intensity is not at its maximum at its peak time,” he said. CNNIndonesia.comWednesday (10/8).

The first stage runs from July 20 to August 5. That coincides with the Moon reaching its late crescent to early crescent phase, August 19 to August 24. The second stage, which is the peak, is on August 13 and 14.

At the peak moment, the radian point of the meteor shower will rise on Saturday (13/8) at 23.00 WIB for the Sabang area and its surroundings, and on Sunday (14/8) at 01.00 WIT for the Rote Island area.

This sky phenomenon can be enjoyed up to 25 minutes before sunrise.

Perseid meteor shower is a meteor shower whose radian point is in the constellation Perseus. Perseid comes from the dust residue of comet 109P/Swifts-Tuttle. The Perseid meteor shower can shoot up to a speed of 212,400 kilometers per hour.

Andi also mentioned the influence of the celestial phenomenon adjacent to the Perseid, namely the Full Moon which is the last Supermoon of 2022.

He said that the intensity of the moon’s light would not affect meteor shower observations too much. The reason is, the peak of the meteor shower occurs when the Moon has set.

“Indirectly, the intensity of the moonlight can indeed affect the rain meteor perseid, although the Moon’s daily trajectory is in the southern hemisphere sky, while the trajectory of the Perseid radians is in the northern hemisphere sky,” said Andi.

“Because the Perseid radian point rises between 23.00-01.00 (according to their geographical latitude), namely when the Moon is at its culmination, while when the Perseid reaches its highest point before dawn, the Moon has set, the moonlight does not necessarily reduce the intensity of the Perseid,” he said. .

(lom/arh)

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