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Perseid meteor shower
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Last call for the Perseids

The year's most dependable meteor shower peaked last week, but it doesn't switch off overnight. Stragglers keep falling through about the 24th. Give your eyes twenty minutes to adjust and be patient. Even past peak, Perseids are fast and bright, and the good ones leave a glowing trail.

Fast, bright streaks, best away from streetlights
After 11 pm
Face northeast from any dark edge of town
SourcesInternational Meteor Organization meteor shower calendar
Photo: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Dai · CC BY 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons