Observation by Mark Fairfax: Perseids peak

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Mark Fairfax

Observer

Mark Fairfax

Observed

2026 Aug 13 - 03:25

Uploaded

2026 Aug 17 - 11:57

Objects

Meteor

Equipment

GMN meteor camera kit

Exposure

South-facing

Location

Nottinghamshire

Target name

Perseids peak

Title

Perseids peak

About this image

The peak of the Perseids strong meteor shower from my back garden - a detected stack image from 20:27 to 03:25 UTC with 200 Perseid meteors detected plus a few others & some Sporadic ones too.
Highlighted is a Perseid fireball @ 02:12 UTC (visible mag -4.1, Vg 59.48km/s, mass 2.0g) and this was the brightest meteor detecting from the UK that evening.

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