Catch the Perseids Meteor Shower Thursday Night

Thursday night will be a prime night for watching the Perseid meteor showers thanks to a moonless night sky and the peak of the passing Perseid meteoroids. According to Sky and Telescope magazine the peak of the Perseid shower will be a treat this year thanks to the moonless sky. They offer this advice on getting the best show: At a very dark, rural site, you can probably expect to see 100 or more meteors per hour when the radiant (in northern Perseus) is highest in your sky before the first light of dawn. But the brightest few meteors shine right through light pollution, and the few that happen when the radiant is low are especially long, skimming the upper atmosphere and flying far across the sky.