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Dan Kitwood\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Perseid meteor shower – which Stargazers say is one of the best meteor showers of the year – is set to peak between August 11th and 13th.<\/p>\n But you don’t need to wait that long, the first meteors were visible in July and will continue throughout most of August.<\/p>\n Experts say the best chance to spot a meteor begins just after midnight and ends about an hour before sunrise.<\/p>\n Although the meteors can be seen with the naked eye, check the weather where you are since it may affect visibility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Perseid meteors are visible all around the world and are so-called because they appear to originate from within the constellation Perseus.<\/p>\n While on most nights the shower will only showcase a few meteors each hour, the peak of the Perseids can bring many, many more.<\/p>\n If you’re really lucky, you could see 100 or more meteors per hour, scientists say.<\/p>\n We see meteors when the Earth passes through trails of debris from comets or asteroids. As that debris hits our planet’s atmosphere, it burns up and creates spectacular streaks of light.<\/p>\n The Perseids – pronounced ‘Per-see-ids’ – are caused by debris left behind by the Swift-Tuttle comet.<\/p>\n Dr Gregory Brown, Senior Public Astronomy Officer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, said that the Perseids is one of the fastest meteor showers. <\/p>\n “They travel up to 37 miles per second, but they are about the size of specks of paint or grains of sand falling into the atmosphere.<\/p>\n “While that does cause this rather brilliant light show, they’ve absolutely no chance of hitting the ground. And even if they did, they\u2019re these tiny little things so they wouldn’t cause any harm\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Try to get to the darkest location you can with an unobstructed view of the sky.<\/p>\n The darker it is where you are, the better chance you’ll have of seeing meteors streaking across the sky.<\/p>\n \u201cFill your view with as much of the sky as you possibly can, lying down or using a deck chair and then just wait and allow your eyes to adapt to the dark and eventually, fingers crossed, if it’s nice and clear and you’re watching for an hour or so, you should at least be able to catch a handful.” said Dr Brown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Looking ahead to find the best place to see the spectacle, BBC weather forecaster Billy Payne says clear spells are expected for most of the UK on Sunday night but the amount of cloud could increase in the west of Britain and Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n \u201cThis will mean the best viewing conditions will be across the east of England and perhaps East Scotland,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cOn Monday night, the north and west of the UK should have some clear skies initially but cloud will increase and spells of rain will push in here later.<\/p>\n \u201cEastern Scotland could see some showery rain lingering for a time, perhaps throughout the night across the Northern Isles, but elsewhere there should be some clear spells around.\u201d<\/p>\n He said Tuesday night will see \u201cgood clear skies\u201d in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and in the south and east of England there may be some rain and areas of cloud with \u201cclear spells in between\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cParts of north and the west of England are likely to be stuck under a front, meaning limited viewing potential for many,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Check the forecast in your area on BBC Weather <\/i>here<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] Dan Kitwood\/Getty Images The Perseid meteor shower is visible in the north-eastern night sky The Perseid meteor shower – which Stargazers say is one of the best meteor showers of the year – is set to peak between August 11th and 13th. 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