Meteor shower tonight is likely to be good

Pop those popcorns, spread those blankets, and ready those wishes, because tonight we’re going to have one of the best meteor showers of the year. Each year the Earth passes into the debris cloud, and its small chunks of comet dust and ice burn up as they hit the atmosphere, lighting up the night sky.

Stargazers could see up to 50 meteors an hour throughout the night, with as many as 100 meteors per hour at the peak.

The Perseids are pieces of dust left in the path of the comet Swift-Tuttle.

The Perseid meteor shower is expected to be among the brightest in years, according to USA Today, thanks to minimal moonlight.

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Hunstville, Alabama will host a live program about the meteor shower which will air on NASA TV and online on NASA’s UStream channel Wednesday night at 10 p.m. NASA meteor expert Bill Cooke says you can expect one shooting star per minute, maybe more.

From high above the Perseid Meteor Shower is expected to draw an audience even among people who aren’t necessarily astronomy buffs.

“Look towards the familiar constellations Cassiopeia and Perseus in the northeast”.

All eyes will turn to the skies for a spectacular meteor shower.

Clear skies over Wales mean a good chance of great views when the Perseid meteor shower reaches it peak this evening. The best part is, this year, there should barely be a crescent moon, so the light from the moon will not inhibit viewing.

Of course, It helps to be in a dark location as bright city lights can obscure your vision.

The comet debris collides with the Earth’s atmosphere at hundreds of thousands of miles that combust and create the flash of lights you see during the meteor shower.

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A meteor streaks across the sky near an American flag early Wednesday, August 12, 2015, in Springville, Ala.