The falling stars? Start looking for them in advance in the Italian sky

You don’t need to wait for the Night of San Lorenzo. The falling stars can also be seen in the July sky. The Italian Astrophils Union explains that the night sky comes alive with numerous meteoric shamans, many of which little known but worthy of attention. Although they never reach the fame of the Perseids of August, some of these shamans offer authentic and suggestive shows. Here’s when and where to see them from here to mid -August.

The falling stars of July

Few, but clearly visible in the central hours of the night, around mid-July, there are 20-Aquarids. For Delta-Sagittaridi of July, the maximum is expected between 18 and 20 of the month, when the moon will be in the last quarter, rising very late, leaving much of the night sky free for the observations. They are not many, but with limited speed and persistent trails. You have to look south, trying the Milky Way individual.

The best night is that of July 25, a few days after the new moon phase, with the dark sky all night. There are Kappa-Delphinidi With quick and thin meteors. In the same period you can also see in the sky XI-Anoythids of July. “They appear after midnight, when the ram rises to the east.”

In the last days of July the Delta-southern Aquaridswith the peak of activities around 28-30 July. In 2025 there are ideal conditions: “The now new moon will not interfere with the observations and the radiant will be well positioned after midnight”. The meteors are numerous and quick, but with persistent trails. On the same nights there are also the Alpha-Capicornidi with peak between 29 and 30 July.

The Perseids

The end of the month brings the first Perseidwhich will then have their peak around the night of San Lorenzo and will go on until 23 August. It will not be at the moment of the peak that will see more because around 10 August our satellite will almost arrive at the full moon phase.

The phenomenon of falling is due to the impact with the atmosphere of the powders left to the passages of the Comet Swift-Tuttlediscovered in 1862, whose last passage dates back to 1992. They burn and leave a trail in the sky. The phenomenon is cyclical, visible every year. The Romans played it as a propitious rain. It was the god Priapo who sent it to fertilize the land of the fields.