Editing Perseids (section)

{{short description|Prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle}}
{{About||the mythological dynasty|Perseids (mythology)}}
{{use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox meteor shower
| name          = Perseids (PER)
| image         = زخة شهب البرشاويات.jpg
| caption       = Perseids in 2017 as seen from the [[White Desert]], [[Egypt]]
| pronounce     = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɜr|s|i|.|ə|d|z}}<ref>{{MW|Perseid}}</ref>
| date          = AD 36 (first record)<ref name="NASA Chat">{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/677215main_Perseids2012.pdf |title=NASA Chat: Stay 'Up All Night' to Watch the Perseids! |publisher=NASA |author1=Bill Cooke |author2=Danielle Moser |author3=Rhiannon Blaauw |name-list-style=amp |page=55 |date=2012-08-11 |access-date=2013-08-16 |archive-date=October 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025030506/https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/677215main_Perseids2012.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Kronk"/>
| parent        = [[Comet Swift–Tuttle]]<ref name=moore_rees2011/>
<!-- Radiant -->
| constellation = [[Perseus (constellation)|Perseus]] and [[Cassiopeia (constellation)|Cassiopeia]]<br/>(near [[List of stars in Cassiopeia#HD19557|HD 19557]])
| ra            = {{RA|03|13}}<ref name="AMS2023"/>
| dec           = {{DEC|+58}}<ref name="AMS2023"/>
<!-- Properties -->
| month         = July 14 – September 1<ref name="AMS2023"/>
| peak          = August 12<br/>(August 13 for 2023)<ref name="AMS2023"/>
| velocity      = 58.8<ref name="AMS2023"/>
| zhr           = 100<ref name="AMS2023"/>
| notes         = 
}}

The '''Perseids''' are a prolific [[meteor shower]] associated with the [[comet Swift–Tuttle]] that are usually visible from mid-[[July]] to late-[[August]]. The [[meteoroid|meteors]] are called the Perseids because they appear from the general direction of the [[constellation]] [[Perseus (constellation)|Perseus]] and in more modern times have a [[radiant (meteor shower)|radiant]] bordering on [[Cassiopeia (constellation)|Cassiopeia]] and [[Camelopardalis]].