Spectacular meteor shower expected to light up Hong Kong sky on Monday night
- Experts say Perseid meteor shower best watched from areas with low levels of light pollution such as Space Museum Astropark in Sai Kung
The museum added it expected the annual Perseid meteor event to be at its best between 11.30pm on Monday and 5am the next day.
“In Hong Kong, the radiant will rise in the northeast at about 10pm,” assistant curator Kenneth Chiu Kam-hung explained.
“There is a chance to see 15 to 20 meteors [each hour] in the countryside.”
Chiu said people should watch from areas with lower levels of light pollution for a better view, such as the Space Museum’s Astropark in Sai Kung, Tai Mei Tuk near Plover Cove Dam and the Tai Hang Tun kite-flying area in Clear Water Bay.
But he added that people who could not get out to see the event in person could instead watch a live broadcast on the museum’s YouTube channel and the LCSDPlusss Facebook page from 10pm to 11pm on Monday.
