The Perseids from Nerpio

Like every August, we eagerly await the Perseids or tears of San Lorenzo, This year they are especially expected for the early morning of August 12 to 13, if the right conditions are met.

The Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) announces that the maximum probability of observing this phenomenon will occur between midnight and 3 a.m. on the 13th, which can be found when the constellation of Perseus (direction NW) appears on the horizon around 11.30 p.m. tomorrow. It will be then that the tiny remains of Comet Swift-Tuttle, which come into contact with the atmosphere at high speed causing their evaporation and subsequent brightness due to their high temperature, may be more visible, with an estimated 100 meteors per hour. It is what is popularly known as shower of stars. After that time slot, the intensity decreases until dawn on the 13th, at approximately 7.30 a.m., depending on where the observer is.

Factors such as the amount of debris from the comet and its dispersion influence their observation, causing more or less shooting stars. It is well known that to glimpse them, it is best to get away from light pollution (the darker, the better) and scan the clear sky in search of the constellation of Perseus. And the higher you look, the more options you have of finding one.

A The ten best places to see this shower of stars in the front row mentioned by El País, we took the liberty of adding the AstroCamp observatory; an observatory located in the Sierra del Segura near Nerpio (Albacete) and in which Ideas MedioAmbiental was fortunate enough to participate in the environmental procedures for its construction.