The meteor shower of the year is expected to peak Wednesday night, according to NASA scientists.
The Perseid meteor shower will peak between 11 p.m. Wednesday and 3 a.m. Thursday, according to the Oakland-based Chabot Space & Science Center. Observers may see up to 100 meteors per hour from the comet Swift-Tuttle.
"The Moon will set early in the evening on the 11th, so we will have dark skies and potentially very good viewing conditions," Gerald McKeegan, an astronomer with the Chabot Space & Science Center, wrote in a blog post.
The Perseids are active between July 14 and Aug. 24 and peak in mid-August at night during warm conditions, according to NASA. Although the meteors will appear to come out of the east, from the constellation Perseus, the meteors can appear in any part of the sky.
Stargazers won’t need a telescope or binoculars to watch the shooting stars. All that is needed is to find a clear sky away from city lights.
Just grab a blanket and lie down in a grassy field on a mountaintop for some of the best views.
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