Perseid meteor shower expected to peak in Singapore on Aug 12 and 13
A digital composite overlay image of 153 photographs shows star trails over Changi Bay Point, taken during the Perseid meteor shower on Aug 12, 2023. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
Ariel Yu
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AUG 12, 2024, 05:33 PM
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SINGAPORE – The Perseid meteor shower can be seen from Singapore from the evening of Aug 12 to the following morning, if the skies are clear.
It will be more observable past midnight, when the radiant point of the shower rises and the moon sets, said Mr Hirwan Shah, president of the NUS Astronomical Society.
The radiant point is the location in the sky where meteors appear to originate.
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The public can expect to see an average of around three to seven meteors per hour, based on independent calculations by the NUS Astronomical Society, added Mr Hirwan.
Between midnight on Aug 12 and 4am on Aug 13, up to 50 to 100 meteors per hour are expected, with bright and fast-moving streaks across the sky, said the Science Centre Observatory (SCOB).
Mr Hirwan said Singapore’s position on Earth faces where the meteors are coming from during these four hours, so more of them can be observed.
No special equipment is required to view the meteor shower as it can be seen with the naked eye, the observatory added.
