Perseids 2022

© CC-BY 4.0 Tammo Jan Dijkema

The maximum of the Perseids meteor shower 2022 is scheduled for the night of 12-13 August. The full Moon will interfere with optical observing a bit this night. Luckily, the peak of the Perseids is not too narrow, and already in the nights around the maximum, plenty of meteors are visible.

This image shows 172 Perseids collected by my meteor camera in Dwingeloo in the last four nights (5-6, 6-7, 7-8, 8-9 August). All photos are projected such that the stars are stationary. The radiant, in the constellation of Perseus, is clearly visible.

The camera is part of the Global Meteor Network. The hardware consists of a Sony IMX291 camera with a nice lens, connected to a Raspberry pi. With over 600 of these comparable cameras world wide, the global meteor network triangulate orbits of meteors every night, hoping to also identify new radiants of weak meteor showers.