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It’s meteor season. The expected peak of the Perseid meteor bathe is 14 UTC on August 12, 2024. So the mornings of August 11 and 12 (and probably 13) are most likely your greatest wager for watching meteors within the Perseid bathe this 12 months. Questions? Be a part of us LIVE at 12:15 p.m. Central (17:15 UTC) on Monday, August 5. EarthSky veteran skywatchers Deborah Byrd and Kelly Kizer Whitt – together with Robert Lunsford, famend meteor skilled from the American Meteor Society, Worldwide Meteor Group and extra – can be there speaking in regards to the Perseids and answering your questions!
And, by the way in which, it’s going to be an amazing 12 months for the Perseids! The moon can be at 1st quarter – within the night sky, about 50% illuminated – throughout 2024’s peak of the Perseid meteor bathe. So one of the best time to look at for Perseids can be beginning round midnight till daybreak.
And we’re happy and honored to host Robert Lunsford:
Robert Lunsford has been a member of the American Meteor Society (AMS) – and frequent contributor there – since 1980. He’s the present AMS Fireball Report Coordinator. He was a Founding Member of the Worldwide Meteor Group in 1988 and can be a frequent contributor there. He has been the Meteor Part Coordinator of the Affiliation of Lunar & Planetary Observers since 1988. He’s the IMO Secretary-Common and Fireball Program Coordinator. Creator of: Meteors and How you can Observe Them 2008. Picture by way of Robert Lunsford. Used with permission
Backside line: Meteor consultants can be answering your questions LIVE in EarthSky’s weekly livestream, starting at 12:15 central (17:15 UTC) on Monday, August 5. Be a part of us!
Deborah Byrd created the EarthSky radio sequence in 1991 and based EarthSky.org in 1994. Previous to that, she had labored for the College of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio sequence. As we speak, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this web site. She has received a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, together with having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. In 2020, she received the Training Prize from the American Astronomical Society, the biggest group {of professional} astronomers in North America. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a drive for good on the planet and a significant software for the twenty first century. “Being an EarthSky editor is like internet hosting a giant world social gathering for cool nature-lovers,” she says.
