The Perseids
PERSEIDS · meteor shower · Common
PERSEIDS
August meteors
A hundred an hour
The meteors of warm August nights.
- Supply
- 300 of 300 left
- Price
- $3
Observation status: Not observableA sight of the sky, not an object to point at. Live Telescope V1 records one when it comes, weather allowing.Tonight on Live Telescope V1
The real thing
NASA · 2015
Record
109P/Swift–Tuttle- Object
- meteor shower
- Rarity
- Common
- Catalogue
- 109P/Swift–Tuttle
- Position
- Moves — computed for the night
- PEAK
- 12–13 Aug
- RATE
- ~100 an hour
- SPEED
- 59 km/s
- Editions issued
- 0 / 300
- Direct price
- $3