The Best Resources For Learning About The Perseid Meteor Shower

Here’s a 2016 update: Get Ready For A Truly Spectacular Meteor Shower

As The NY Times describes it:

the annual Perseid meteor shower will fill the sky with shooting stars. At its peak, between Aug. 11 and Aug. 14, an average of one shooting star a minute will zip through the night sky.

I have a number of related resources already at The Best Sites For Learning About Meteor Showers, but here are some new ones specific to this week:

The Perseid meteor shower — the year’s best — is tonight. Here’s how to see it. is from Vox.

Infographic Seeing the Perseid meteor shower is from The L.A. Times.

Here’s info for the 2018 Shower:

Perseid meteor shower peaks Sunday and Monday night. Here’s how and where to look. is from The Washington Post.