The Perseids, considered the best air-and-space of the year, will peak on Wednesday night and into pre-dawn hours on Thursday.
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While viewing will be best in the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere will see a few Perseids with none visible below approximately 30 degrees south latitude, according to the agency.
Visibility also decreases due to planet-earth and maximum Perseid rates in cities are just one or two per hour.
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The Perseids appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus, or the shower’s “radiant,” but can be seen streaking across the sky anywhere at a speed of 37 miles per second.
In this 30 second exposure taken with a circular fish-eye lens, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower on Friday, Aug. 12, 2016 in Spruce Knob, West Virginia.
(NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The meteor shower is also known for its fireballs, which can last longer than an average meteor streak.
Should interested parties miss the Perseids on the night of Aug. 11-12, the following night will also be a good opportunity to see the celestial event and watchers are advised to give their eyes some time to adjust to the dark.
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Additionally, NASA’s Meteor Watch is hosting a live stream of the Perseids overnight beginning on Aug. 11 at 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. CT and plans to try again at the same time on the night of Aug. 12 if skies are cloudy.
