Londoners are set for a celestial spectacle this August as the Perseid meteor shower promises to bring up to 100 shooting stars an hour to the capital’s night skies.
The dazzling star show will be active for around 5 weeks between mid-July and mid-August, with its peak expected to fall on the same day of the solar eclipse – August 12.
On what is set to be a stargazer’s dream evening, the new Moon on August 12 will also mean darker skies, increasing your odds of catching a glimpse of the cosmic display.
So, as the day approaches,…
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