Eastern Sky - Perseid Meteor Shower Saturday Night - Where To Watch Seattle's Big Blog

(CLICK IMAGE FOR A LARGER VIEW.) A meteor (upper left) streaks over the stones inside Eldorado Canyon, Nevada. (Getty Images)

The Perseid meteor wash will certainly peak this weekend, plus NASA scientists point out it will likely be by far the most impressive show belonging to the year. (Take that, Olympics shutting ceremony.)

The total annual display comes about when debris left with the debris left the actual comet Swift-Tuttle. There may be up to hundred meteors buzzing in the stones every hour, according to NASA.

Anyone within a black area not really shrouded around clouds needs to have a superb chance at experiencing that show, though the Marshall Space Flight Center are going to be streaming survive movie you know, should people can t always be side tracked that will get away from your couch or truck bed in between your busy hours connected with 11 p.m. on Saturday and also several a.m. Sunday morning.

Look to the Eastern sky in addition to desire clouds don t roll in. (Note to locals: Seattle should preferably keep on being impair free in the weekend, hence most of us re inside luck.)

Here utes more from NASA.

It ersus worth noting in which Jupiter, Venus plus the crescent celestial satellite are going to be aligning in the night time atmosphere the identical night, thus appearance with the in the asian atmosphere beginning in the am ahead of sunrise.