Darmstadt (dpa) – Early Saturday morning, numerous shooting stars could be observed – the Perseid current reached its peak around three o’clock. Weather conditions were perfect almost everywhere, as a spokesman for the German Weather Service said. It was a starry night. Only in Lower Bavaria and around the Oder did some clouds accumulate.
Shooting stars can also be seen in the Oldenburg district, as reported by a photographer from the German Press Agency. On average, a shooting star was clearly visible every five minutes. However, only the brightest specimens – a disturbing factor was the moonlit sky. The trabant remained above the horizon all night, limiting the Perseid swarm’s view.
Those who missed the most of the current on Saturday morning still have opportunities to make wishes. “Perseid activity will still be there for the next two weeks, of course, decreasing over time,” said Tim Florian Horn, CEO of the Planetarium Berlin Foundation. It’s not worth just looking at the sky at the most of a river. There was already a significant increase in the activity of the Perseids in the previous days.
“You can actually see shooting stars on any normal night because Earth is constantly absorbing dust from space, which becomes a shooting star when it enters the atmosphere,” Horn added. However, you need some patience. “It’s best to lie down on a blanket on the floor.” A shower of shooting stars occurs when the Earth pulls through the dust cloud left behind by a comet.
Observatory telescopes are not suitable for detecting shooting stars because they only show a small part of the sky. “But observatories are built where there is a good view.”
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