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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — If you’re either a night owl or an early riser, you may be fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower.
With wildfire smoke clearing out of the area, and little interference from moonlight, stargazers can have the chance of seeing up to 100 meteors per hour.
The meteor shower will peak both tonight and tomorrow night after sunset.
The best window of opportunity to view the meteor shower will be any time after midnight, until dawn.
The Perseid’s are fragments of the Swift-Tuttle comet, which orbits the Sun every 130 years.
Earth passes through the comet’s debris field every year during its journey around the Sun.
The Perseid Meteor Shower is named after the constellation Perseus, which they appear to radiate from.
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