The Perseid meteor shower is an annual spectacle that begins in mid-July and continues every night until the end of August.
The peak hour, with an average of 90 to 100 meteors per hour, will occur tonight, Saturday, August 13.
Joan Hodgins, from the Wilkinson Memorial Observatory on the outskirts of the Eastend, explains what causes the light show and where you should look to see it
“It’s the way the Earth’s orbit takes us through these comet remnants of a comet called Swift-Tuttle. Just look north and east in the sky and turn your back on the moon”.
The best times to see the meteor shower would be around midnight and just before dawn.
The Observatory will be open both nights, but Hodgins says you can view it from anywhere, weather permitting.