Perseids at the observatory on August 12, 2025

The weather forecast promised a clear night sky for this year's maximum of the Perseids, which actually happened.

As a result, we were able to open the observatory at around 9:00 pm. At 10:30 pm, it was finally dark enough to see the first shooting stars dart across the sky. May the observers' personal wishes come true.

At around 10 p.m., the moon was still quite full, which limited the visibility of the shooting stars to the brighter ones. However, we were able to offer our visitors an interesting view of the Earth's satellite. Saturn, the ring nebula in Lyra and other space objects could also be observed with our telescopes.

We estimate around 150 visitors, including many families with very interested children.

Photograph of a Perseids meteor from August 11, 2023: