Soon the stars will fall, get ready to make a wish!

According to weather forecasts, August 13 will be cloudy. But the 12 - is expected to clear weather. And it promises a good chance that in the night of 12 to 13, the sky over Moscow will remain bright. And observers are lucky - they see shooting stars. After all, more beautiful, more powerful and spectacular closing in on Earth Perseid meteor shower in the summer there. It represents particles of dust, stones and pieces of ice from the comet Swift-Tuttle. Comet flew, trail remained. It seemed to the river each year and is one of our planet revolving around the sun.

From Earth it seems as if bright trickle left is burned in an atmosphere of particles emitted from the constellation Perseus. Hence the name - the Perseids.

The observations can begin around 11 pm local time. After midnight, the flow rate will increase and will peak to 4:30 am.

Search the constellation Perseus is in the northern part of the sky - just below and to the left of the constellation of Cassiopeia, which is shaped like the letter «W».

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