How to View the Perseid Meteor Showers
- 1). Watch for Perseid meteors in the night skies from July 23rd to August 22nd.
- 2). Get away from artificial light if possible.
- 3). Dress appropriately for nighttime viewing. As a summer event, Perseids may be one of the few meteor showers you can observe in shirtsleeves.
- 4). Look toward constellation Perseus for the radiant point of Perseid meteors. They'll seem to come from that area, which is about halfway above the horizon in the northeast quadrant of the sky.
- 5). Begin your search for Perseids after 10 p.m. (although the best viewing comes from midnight until dawn).
- 6). Recline with your feet facing due south and look straight up. Perseids should appear to come from over your left shoulder.
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