SINGAPORE: The Perseids – an annual meteor bathe identified for its vivid and sensible streaks – dazzled throughout the globe because it reached its peak.
It is likely one of the most simply considered showers, lively between mid-July and late August.
Though skygazers captured the cosmic show from varied cities, observers in Singapore have been left a bit dissatisfied with some citing cloudy or vivid situations.
This 12 months, it was set to peak over the island between Sunday (Aug 11) and Tuesday morning, with the very best remark occasions between 3am and 6am, in response to native Fb group Stargazing Singapore.
For those who missed this spherical, look out for the Geminids on the finish of the 12 months, peaking on the night time between Dec 13 and Dec 14.
Simpler to identify would be the first supermoon of the 12 months on Aug 20.