Draconid Meteor Shower Peak Tonight

This composite image of the Draconid meteors in 2012 was made from video taken by a camera stationed at the Institute of Physics in Belgrade, Serbia. (Petnica Meteor Group)

Draconids is generally more faint, they’re slower-moving meteors, so the light trails linger.

In 1933 and 1946, the shower produced thousands of meteors an hour. Two years ago, 2011, was also a good year, with some observers reporting seeing up to 600 meteors per hour. “No one is expecting that this year,” notes EarthSky.

Tonight, lie down under a dark, open sky with your feet pointed to the north. And give yourself an hour or more to stare skyward.