Get out and see the Perseid Meteor Shower

This year's annual Perseid meteor shower is supposed to peak on the 13/14 of August.  This year should be good for seeing more meteors due to the moon being only a waning crescent at that time.  The best time to view any meteor shower is in the pre-dawn hours because the side of the earth rotating towards the sun will scoop up more meteors.  The 2009 shower peaked with 170 meteors per hour, and most years the average is approximately 60 meteors per hour.  So get out your bug spray, grab a reclining lawn chair and get out there and start tallying!  Good luck.