Meteor Shower To Streak Across The Night Sky
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Looking for nature's finest light show, South Florida? Look up at the sky Wednesday night for a possible glimpse at the 2015 Perseid meteor shower.
The meteor shower, according to EarthSky.org, is going on early morning Tuesday through Friday.
The best time for viewing, according to NASA, will be 2 AM Thursday through before sunrise.
On a dark night, gazers can see 50 or more meteors per hour from northerly latitudes and from southerly latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere, perhaps about one-third that many meteors.
Experts recommend a least an hour of observing time for the meteors in meteor showers come in spurts and are interspersed with lulls.
Each year, from July 17 to August 24, Earth crosses the orbital path of Comet Swift-Tuttle, the parent of the Perseid meteor shower.
