Make sure to keep your eyes on the skies tonight and tomorrow night as the Perseid meteor shower will peak over the next few days.
These meteors are named for the constellation Perseus the Hero.
If you trace the paths of the meteors backwards, they seem to be coming from that constellation.
But it really doesn’t matter if you know where the Perseus is or not.
The Perseids are a dependable meteor shower.
They shoot all across the sky – often leaving persistent trains – and occasionally lighting things up with bright fireballs.
At its peak, the Perseids typically produce 80 or more meteors per hour.
You can probably see the greatest number of meteors late tonight and into the predawn hours of Friday and then the show will begin to wane again through about the 22nd.
You don’t need anything special to see the meteor shower except a clear, open sky.
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