Wherever you are in the world this weekend, you have a chance of seeing the fantastic Perseid meteor shower at its peak.
This year, the Perseid meteor shower began on 17 July and will end on 24 August, but the best chance for seeing it will be the early hours of the morning around the time of its peak this weekend, on 12 and 13 August. The meteors should be a particularly impressive spectacle this year, as the moon will only be around 10 per cent illuminated on the peak mornings thanks to a new moon on 16 August.
Each meteor shower is named after the point in the sky where the meteors appear to start, or radiate, from. In the case of the Perseids, this is the constellation Perseus. The Perseids are visible from all over the world, but the best displays tend to be in the northern hemisphere, where Perseus can be seen.
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