The Perseids Are Coming

The annual Perseid Meteor Shower is rapidly approaching. It'll peak in the wee hours of Friday morning (8/12), but I've already seen a few. This years event should be a good one, since the moon is going to cooperate with us. It'll be a waxing crescent at that point... setting before the shower really gets going. Those of you viewing from dark skies can expect to see in the neighborhood of 100 meteors per hour at the peak... pretty close to 2 per minute.
The Perseid's are probably the best known meteor shower... coming during the summer as they do. I'll be setting my alarm for 2:00am so that I can head outside for the best part of the show.