A meteor streaks across the sky above palm trees in Bal Harbour, Fla., during a Perseid meteor shower on Aug. 13, 2018. Share Save for later Please log in to bookmark this story. Log In Create Free Account

Summer’s most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids, peaks early Wednesday. At the same time, Venus and Jupiter will converge in the sky – overlapping like a very bright star.

If your focus is the meteor shower, it’s worth knowing that this year a bright moon will dampen viewing during the pre-dawn peak, so some experts recommend waiting a week or so to glimpse shooting stars against a darker sky.

The Perseids “are an incredible meteor shower,” said Thaddeus LaCoursiere, planetarium program co-ordinator at the Bell Museum in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Under dark skies

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