Is it possible to view the Perseid meteor shower from North Texas?

Question

Im a little south of DFW in a rural area.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Meteor showers are not local events, they can usually be seen over most of the planet.

The best way to see meteor showers is to be far from any big city and bright lights (like a shopping mall or ball field).

The darker the sky the better.

The Perseids are visible between mid-July to mid-August, with the peak this year on August 12 (the rate during the peak can be as much as 60 or more per hour).  They can be seen all across the sky, but because of the path of the comet Swift-Tuttle (which is the originating comet for this shower), Perseids are mostly visible in the northern hemisphere.

The Perseids have a broad peak, so the shower is visible for several nights. On any given night, activity starts slowly in the evening but picks up by 11 p.m., when the radiant gets reasonably high in the sky.  The meteor rate increases steadily through the night as the radiant rises higher, peaking just before the sky starts to get light, about 1 to 2 hours before sunrise.

Answer 3

You should be able to see it from north Texas easily..it is not a localized event...you can see it from anywhere in the world...

The best time to see it will be the morning of the 12th at starting about 2 or 3 a.m. all the way till sunrise. You can see it earlier than that, on earlier dates as well as on later dates for a couple weeks, but the peak is at that time.

Answer 4

Yes you can observe the Perseids from Texas, but you will want to get far enough away from Dallas and Ft. Worth so you can see the meteors better once the moon sets. You'll have some three hours of dark and moonless skies to see the meteors as debris from comet Swift-Tuttle slams head-on into the atmosphere above you, burning up some 50 or 60 miles up.

Answer 5

Yes. look to the NE about 10/11pm on the 11th August and as the night progresses the shower should move overhead.

Best display is usually in the wee hours till dawn.

Actually the Perseids streaks can disperse over a fairly wide area of the sky.