The Draconid meteor shower is peaking. Here's how to see the shooting stars. - NBCNewsMACH
A meteor crosses the night sky behind the Sankt Coloman pilgrimage church in Fuessen, Germany, during the annual Perseid meteor shower on Aug. 12, 2018.Jeremy Deaton
Stargazers are crossing their fingers for a dazzling sky show this week, as the 2019 Draconid meteor shower returns to the night sky., which peaks on Tuesday, is expected to produce about eight shooting stars per hour. But there’s a small chance of a meteor outburst. That could raise the hourly tally to 100., so don’t bother trying to spot them with binoculars or telescopes.
You’ll also want to find a dark place, away from bright city lights that can make streaking meteors hard to see. “Normally the country is where you want to go to observe meteors — good, dark sky. But the moonlight is really going to interfere this year,” Cooke said, in a reference to the
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