When will be the best time to view the perseid meteor shower in scotland- want to share it with my son

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When will be the best time to view the perseid meteor shower in scotland- want to share it with my son

Answer 1

Mark your calendar: The 2008 Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12th and it should be a good show.

"The time to look is during the dark hours before dawn on Tuesday, August 12th," says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center. "There should be plenty of meteors--perhaps one or two every minute."

The waxing gibbous Moon will be setting between local midnight and 01h30m on August 12/13 for the mid-northern latitudes best-placed to follow the shower (moonset is progressively earlier for places further north), leaving some dark skies to cover whatever happens. For these same locations, the Perseid radiant is viably observable from 22h — 23h local time onwards, gaining altitude throughout the night, so circumstances overall are quite favourable.

Answer 2

http://www.imo.net/calendar/2008

International Meteor Organization 2008 Calendar of Meteor Showers.  Enjoy

Answer 3

august 12th 1:30 am

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Answer 4

At night?