Perseid Meteor Showers Begins Tonight

If you aren't doing anything and really want to see a free magical show than do what we did last year, and take your lawn chairs and find a remote dark location after midnight and let your eyes wander to the heavens.

After midnight tonight and through tomorrow night the most amazing meteor shower begins. You are almost guaranteed to see a meteor a minute. You need to find a dark location if possible and a clear sky. Here in the desert that is just right outside our front door and we ask our neighbors to turn off their porch lights to really make it dark.

For ideal conditions we could drive about 10-15 minutes out into the remote locations of the desert since it really does surround our entire city and just begin to star gaze. Not only that but three planets will be visible tonight as well in the lower southeast sky, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

Last year, we literally saw more falling stars than our kids could count and it was truly something amazing. We set our alarms for about 2am and then meet outside, recline the chairs back and begin watching the night sky. We try to see who can spot them first.

If you have never done this before, you have until midnight tonight through tomorrow evening to catch God's spectacular nighttime show. It's free and is truly a one of a kind night, especially if your kids have never seen a falling star. Tonight it will be magic.

Here's more information as well as a link to the Farmer's Almanac to show the stars visible tonight.

Mars skims below Saturn on the 1st. Venus passes below Saturn from the 6th to the 8th, then finally catches Mars from the 15th to the 22nd. All are now low in the southwest at nightfall. The trio form interesting triangles during the first half of the month, with the crescent Moon dangling below them on the 12th. Perfect moonless conditions prevail for the great Perseid meteor shower on the night of the 11th–12th. The action intensifies after midnight, with one meteor per minute, on average. Jupiter, at a dazzling magnitude –2.8, rises by 10:00 p.m. at midmonth and is nicely up at midnight, dominating the sky. Venus closely meets Virgo’s blue star Spica on the 30th and 31st. There are expected to be 50 meteors per hour with the origins beginning in the sky at the NE, so begin your search there.

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