Perseid Meteor Shower

The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks early on the morning of Tuesday, August 12. That’s late tonight.

If you can get someplace dark you can expect an average of one meteor an hour. The darker your skies, the more you'll see. From town, you’ll see far fewer. From a high dark mountain, you might see one a minute (on average).

The best time to view is going to be between 2 and 5 in the morning. The closest semi-dark location is up the Angeles Crest Highway. Mount Pinos would be better, because it's higher and darker (but also way farther away).

If you can’t make it on Tuesday, the shower will continue to give you a few extra meteors through the end of the week.

Meteor are little chunks of rock or dust. Most will burn up far up in the atmosphere. The larger ones will make it lower (and burn brighter).