{"id":42777,"date":"2014-08-12T14:36:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T18:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=42777"},"modified":"2015-02-08T14:06:14","modified_gmt":"2015-02-08T19:06:14","slug":"perseids-meteor-shower-peaks-tonight-august-12-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/perseids-meteor-shower-peaks-tonight-august-12-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Perseids Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight, On August 12 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The highly prolific Perseids meteor shower will be reaching its for peak for the year tonight, on August 12 2014 (early morning hours of August 13 2014).<\/p>\n<p>Peak activity is expected to be somewhere around 100 meteors an hour when seen from a dark rural location &#8212; so when you factor in the very bright Supermoon currently gracing the skies, a good guess would probably be around 30 meteors an hour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/image10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37283 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/image10.jpg\" alt=\"Perseids\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most of the Perseid meteors will appear to be originating out of the constellation of Perseus in the northeastern portion of the late night&#8217;s sky &#8212; which will continue rising into the sky until the early morning hours. The best time to watch for meteors will likely be sometime in the early morning hours, between 2-4 am.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-6260354429531949\";\n\/* Nathan PS *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2067312064\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A couple of things to note:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Northern Hemisphere will get a rather better show than the Southern Hemisphere \u2014 but not by too much, both hemispheres are good to watch from. So wherever you are make sure that you make the time and give the meteor shower a shot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Try to get comfortable. 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