Annual Perseid Meteor Shower Coming This Weekend

(CBS Local) – The annual Perseid meteor shower is coming this weekend.
The Perseid shower is the most popular meteor shower every year. NASA meteor specialist Bill Cooke told Space.com that the moon will play an important role in this year’s Perseid shower. “This year the moon will be near new moon, it will be a crescent, which means it will set before the Perseid show gets underway after midnight,” Cooke said.
Cooke adds that sky watchers will be able to s