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.
The full moon will keep us from seeing the dimmest meteors, but you should still be able to see 10 to 20 bright ones per hour.
You don’t need anything special to see the meteor shower except a clear, open sky.
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