From now to September 1, you can watch the Perseid meteor shower
July 16, 2024
The annual Perseid shooting star display, which NASA calls “the best of the year,” will be active this year from July 14 to September 1—peaking in the hours before dawn during the overnight from Sunday, August 11 to Monday, August 12.
During the Perseids’ peak, an onlooker can expect to see, on average, about one meteor a minute. 2024 promises to be an especially good year, however, because the moon will set around midnight, providing dark skies that potentially make a higher meteor rate visible.
The Perseids are named after Perseus, the constellation from which they appear to originate; however, they are caused by the Earth passing each year through debris left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle.
The Perseids are visible all over the sky, but primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. The Tribune called this year’s Perseids “the perfect camping opportunity in Colorado.”
Read more about the Perseids from the American Meteor Society.
