Armenia’s Byurakan observatory offers chance to view mind-blowing massive Perseids meteor shower
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YEREVAN, JULY 31, ARMENPRESS. The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory is inviting all space enthusiasts to visit the facility on the slopes of Mount Aragats to view a fascinating celestial event – the Perseids – a prolific meteor shower that will be seen this year on August 10, 11 and 12.
On this occasion, the observatory – named after Armenian physicist Viktor Hambardzumian – will hold lectures for visitors titled “Dangerous Asteroids”.
More than 1000 meteors can be observed in a single hour during the meteor showers.
These meteors are called the Perseids because the point from which they appear to hail (called theradiant) lies in theconstellationPerseus.
Perseidsare a prolificmeteor showerassociated with thecomet Swift–Tuttle.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan