Stargazers volition be treated to a show this weekend when the Perseid meteor shower darts through the sky. Up to 150 shooting stars could streak through the night but days later the otherworldly brandish.

The falling star shower on Saturday (August thirteen) is correct on fourth dimension for UK viewers as new thunderstorm warnings have been issued by the Met Function. And as information technology happens, Saturn volition be the brightest it is all year on Sunday.

They follow the last supermoon of the year which loomed big in the heaven on Thursday evening. The Sturgeon supermoon is one of four supermoons - a miracle that happens when the full moon about coincides with the closest the moon's orbit gets to Earth.

According to the Royal Observatory Greenwich (RMG), the Perseid falling star shower is 1 of the most dramatic things to run across in the night sky between July and Baronial. Astronomers enjoy this item display every bit information technology offers bright meteors and a high number of shooting stars per hour.

Perseids are also known for their fireballs, with NASA noting the larger explosions of light and color can persist longer than an average meteor streak.

To grab the shower, it'due south worth checking the forecast ahed for clear skies and to position yourself abroad from lights. And if you're looking to accept a await Friday evening, RMG says the days leading upwards to the peak of the meteor shower are unremarkably better than the days later.

Digital composite of 50 photographs taken over a period of 25 minutes. File photo dated 13/08/17 of meteors and star trails during the Perseid meteor shower seen from near Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

The Perseids meteor shower is one of the brightest and more plentiful displays of the year

The RMG advises: "Give your eyes at to the lowest degree 15 minutes to conform to the dark so that yous can take hold of more of the fainter meteors – this does mean that you should not look at your phone!"

"Meteors tin can appear in any office of the sky so the more sky you can meet the meliorate. Find an area with a articulate view of the horizon and away from copse and buildings. Binoculars and telescopes are non necessary every bit they volition restrict the size of the sky that will exist visible to you."

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