Every year from mid-July to the end of August, the inhabitants of the Earth can observe a bright event in the sky - the Perseid meteor shower.. This is one of the most beautiful star showers of the year, this year its peak will fall on the night of August 11-12, according to Science Alert..

The not so good news is that this year the peak will coincide with the full moon, so the light of the moon will interfere with the observation of meteors..

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According to NASA, at the peak you can see 10-20 " For comparison, on peak days that do not coincide with the full moon, this number reaches 50-60. But despite this, on the night of the peak, you can still see a few meteors..

In order to observe the meteor shower, you need to choose the least lit place in the city or, ideally, go outside of it. The brightest stream will be in the wee hours of August 12.

But it is worth remembering that Ukraine lives under martial law, there is a curfew in the cities. Therefore, it is better to watch the meteor shower from your balconies..

It will be possible to see “shooting stars” in the direction of the constellation Perseus, which is located not far from Cassiopeia, resembling the letter W.

Comet Swift-Tuttle generates meteor shower particles.

Moving along a highly elongated orbit, it makes one revolution around the Sun in 133 years.. When approaching a star, its core partially evaporates, and gases carry away grains of sand and pebbles with them - a plume forms behind the comet.

The width of the meteor shower is about 40 million kilometers, the Earth passes through it for about a month, but its peak occurs in mid-August. The densest part of the meteor shower is 1.3 million kilometers, our planet crosses it in about 12 hours.