Watch a Spectacular Meteor Shower This Week

This year’s shower has the potential to be the best in years, due to the lack of light pollution from no moon.

The best part about the showing is that it will happen a day before the new moon, meaning the night skies will be dark and ideal for meteor spotting. Make it game, and keep track of how many meteors you see.

Technically, the shower has been active in the sky since 13 of July, and will continue until the end of August.

One of the biggest meteor showers of the year will reach its peak and dazzle the night sky starting tonight.

How can I watch the shower?

If you’re up at the cottage or camping, you should “definitely” look for this meteor shower, Attwood says.

Kief says the meteors will be bright enough to see with the naked eye.

Right, the Perseid Meteor Shower.

Your eyes can take as much as 20 minutes to adjust to the darkness, so taking your time (and putting your bright mobile phone away) can help in spotting the shower.

The major meteor shower will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere. If you need to shine a light on something, use a flashlight with a red filter, the easiest color on your eyes.

He suggests getting outside of the downtown core for the best view.

If you live in a more rural area, or a smaller town or city, taking a trip out to the country will be the best way to make the most of it.

NASA estimates that at its peak, Perseids will produce up to 100 meteors per hour streaking at 37 miles per second.

The Perseid cloud is a gargantuan one in outer space.

These specks collide with the atmosphere at unbelievably fast speeds, which prompts flashes of light as they disintegrate above us.

Mohd Redzuan said the Perseid meteor shower occurred because the earth’s orbit around the Sun crossed the path of the comet Swift-Tutle, resulting in the burning of dust and fine rock fragments left behind by the comet when it entered the earth’s atmosphere.

And they’re called Perseids because they appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus.