

"That's the moment when the Earth passes through the heart of the stream of dust left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle." "The Perseid meteor shower peaks at 1am in the early hours of Saturday 13 August this year," says astronomy lecturer, Darren Baskill. The best time to view the Perseids will be between midnight and dawn, in this time frame. It peaks on 13 August, with a decent helping of meteors continuing until 16 August, before beginning to wane by around 21-22 August. The Perseid meteor shower in 2022 started on 17 July, and will be visible until 24 August. When is the Perseid meteor shower in 2022?
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If you're keen to make up for the lack of visible meteors over the next few days, we have a full roundup of this year's meteor showers in our meteor shower calendar, and be sure to check out our astronomy for beginners guide and our UK full Moon calendar to make the most of the night sky. Amazing & scary #houston," wrote Twitter user "Did anyone in Houston just see that shooting star? it was so bright it literally lit up the sky wtf, " wrote Twitter user "IT WAS SO BRIGHT IT LITERALLY LIT THE SKY UP IT WAS INSANE.In case you missed it, we've rounded up some of the best Perseid meteor shower pictures from last year. "Can’t believe I just saw a meteor shower in the sky. One Twitter user said they felt their house in Lockhart, Texas shake from the impact. What I caught in the sky not too long ago! #Houston #sky /Bv3NoOn0ME- Łörî ?‘? July 25, 2022Ī black and white video shared by AMS from shows the meteor soaring over a neighborhood in College Station. Eat of the Week: Smoked oxtails served only on Thursdays.Dutch queen learns about flood control during Houston visit.How Houston's oldest crawfish restaurant pioneered Cajun food in the city.Yes, Texans actually pay more in taxes than Californians do.Live in a $5.5M Italian villa without leaving Houston.5 Houston-area amusement parks you need to visit at least once.Houston buildings will never be taller than 75 floors, and there's an obscure reason why.Twitter user also captured the falling star flying over buildings before it disappeared. Massive meteor seen from Hutto, Texas! #Meteor #Fireball /UFgtvEF727- Armando Pena Jr. In the video, the fireball appeared as bright as a full moon as it glowed overhead. Front was reddish rest was blue," tweeted user just saw a meteor burn up flash bright ass green Sugar land Texas 10:25 PM," wrote Twitter user of the clearest videos of the spectacle was caught by Armando Pena Jr. "Anyone else in Houston just see that blue flash of something in the sky? Kinda looked like a asteroid or some s-t. Meteors are known to emit different colors as they burn up. For some, the meteor glowed bright green while for others it flashed red or orange. Houstonians took to social media to find out what the mysterious light was. "Any meteorites found are probably just small fragments of the original fireball." "Several witnesses near the flight path reported hearing a delayed sonic boom, indicating that meteorites from this fireball may have survived down to the ground," Lunsford wrote. According to an AMS map, residents in Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio reported witnessing Sunday night's meteor.
