Perseids in Tromsø

The Perseids meteor shower peaks from Tromsø around Aug 12-13, with up to 150 meteors per hour under ideal conditions. In 2026 a new moon means dark skies, and from Tromsø the radiant in Perseus climbs to 68° above the east horizon around 03:30. Local best viewing window: 22:05–03:30 CEST on the peak night, about 5.4 hours of twilight after sunset. Scaled to that altitude, the 150/hour headline figure works out to roughly 139 meteors an hour from Tromsø under a genuinely dark sky. At this latitude the sky never gets fully dark that night — the Sun only reaches 5.6° below the horizon — so only the brighter meteors will show. Tonight: intermittent cloud, so patience pays off.