If it isn’t cloudy, look to the sky for the annual Perseid meteor shower.
The best time to watch for meteors will be from the late-night hours tonight on through the predawn hours of Friday — two full nights and early mornings.
This year’s meteor shower is supposed to put on a great show, mostly because light from the moon won’t interfere.
Perseids may appear in any part of the sky, but you’ll probably see more of them if you look to the northeast.
Observers in dark locations — the turnouts to Hurricane Ridge are ideal, — may spot 50 or 60 of the meteors an hour, but from a typical city backyard, you may not see more than a dozen or so.
Perseids tend to be faster and brighter than most meteors and are noted for occasionally exploding into brilliant, short-lived fireballs.
Every night this week John Goar will lead a free one-hour astronomy program with telescopes at Hurricane Ridge, 17 miles up a paved road from Port Angeles, in Olympic National Park.
Meet him at the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center at 10 p.m.
If skies are cloudy Goar’s program will be canceled.
For program status, phone the park phone recording at 360-565-3131 after 4 p.m.
