So, while enjoying the anticipated space weather, astronomer Fred Bruenjes recorded a series of many 30 second long exposures spanning about six hours on the night of August 11/12 using a wide angle lens.
Although the comet dust particles are traveling parallel to each other, the resulting shower meteors clearly seem to radiate from a single point on the sky in the eponymous constellation Perseus.
The radiant effect is due to perspective, as the parallel tracks appear to converge at a distance.
Bruenjes notes that there are 51 Perseid meteors in the composite image, including one seen nearly head-on.
This year, the Perseids Meteor Shower will peak in the early morning hours on Friday, August 12.
