One of the year's most dazzling sky shows is about to peak as the annual Perseid meteor shower lights up the night — and you can enjoy the event live online.

The Perseid meteor shower is expected to reach peak activity on Tuesday evening (Aug. 12) through the early morning hours of Wednesday (Aug. 13). The Virtual Telescope Project will host a free livestream on Tuesday beginning at 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT), offering skywatchers real-time views of dozens of shooting stars every hour.

Dark skies in central Italy allow the Virtual Telescope Project to capture wide-field views of the meteor shower using its robotic telescopes. The livestream event will also feature commentary from astrophysicist Gianluca Masi. The stream will be available via the project's WebTV page, YouTube channel and here

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