Don’t forget to look up at the sky late tonight, just before the break of dawn for the Perseid meteor shower, one of the most impressive meteor showers of the year, according to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Each year, the meteor shower can be seen from late July to mid-August. “This year, an increasing number of shooting stars should be visible every night, until the light show peaks on the night of August 12 and 13,” states CSA. “During the peak, typically in the darkest hours after midnight, up to 50 to 80 meteors per hour can streak across the sky. To be even more specific, look up at the sky between moonset and dawn to see the most meteors of the night.”
The Perseid meteor shower is caused by the earth passing through the debris the Swift–Tuttle comet leaves behind as it orbits the sun. That debris turns into meteors as it disintegrates when it hits the earth’s atmosphere and generates lashes of light.
If the sky is overcast, it may be more difficult to view the meteor shower. If that’s the case, you can always see it streamed online from Italy through the Virtual Telescope Project, Here.
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