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For all you night owls, tomorrow night will be the best night to view the Perseids meteor shower. It should top out somewhere between 50-80 meteors per hour.
You should be able to start seeing them once it gets dark, but they should really start to appear just after midnight. They should intensify peaking in the early pre-dawn hours.
The Perseids meteor shower happens every year about this time. Of all the annual meteor showers, Perseids is usually the best one.
Here is a brief Youtube video showing some of them.
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You should be able to start seeing them once it gets dark, but they should really start to appear just after midnight. They should intensify peaking in the early pre-dawn hours.
The Perseids meteor shower happens every year about this time. Of all the annual meteor showers, Perseids is usually the best one.
Here is a brief Youtube video showing some of them.
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