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One of the year's most dazzling meteor showers peaks overnight tonight, and you can watch the shooting star display online if clouds or bright city lights ruin your view of the sky.
The 2014 Perseid meteor shower should be at its most spectacular late Tuesday into early Wednesday (Aug. 12 to 13), experts say. You can see the Perseids live online courtesy of the Slooh Community Observatory and NASA. The two free webcasts of the meteor shower beginning at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT) on Slooh's website, http://www.slooh.com.
You can also watch the Perseid meteor shower webcasts live on Space.com, courtesy of Slooh and NASA.
Moonlight may wash out a few meteors Tuesday night, since Earth's natural satellite will be just a few days removed from its "supermoon" full phase. But the Perseids should still put on a good show, with 30 to 40 meteors per hour expected around 3 a.m. local time Wednesday morning, NASA officials said. [Top 10 Perseid Meteor Shower Facts]
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