* The peak of the Perseid meteor shower is coming on Aug. 12 and 13
* Stargazers can potentially see 50-75 meteors per hour during the peak of this shower
* To see the meteor shower, the best time to look to the sky is after midnight
If you missed the peaks of the last two meteor showers in July, have no fear.
There's still one meteor shower ongoing and it's set to peak later in August.
The first meteors from two showers -- the Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids -- began streaking across the sky in the middle of July, with both peaking on July 30.
Arguably, the favorite summer meteor shower, the Perseid meteor shower, will be active from now to Aug. 23.
Here's what to know about it.
When is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower?
The shower will reach its peak on Aug. 12 and 13, according to NASA.
About the Perseid meteor shower?
Stargazers can potentially see 50-75 meteors per hour during the peak of this shower, according to the American Meteor Society
There is one catch to the Perseid meteor shower this year, the peak is close to August's full moon on Aug. 9, which means the moon will offer a significant amount of light making it more difficult to spot shooting stars.
What's the best way to see the shower?
To see the meteor shower, the best time to look to the sky is after midnight. They could appear from any direction.
In a past interview with USA Today Network, Tim Brothers, technical instructor and observatory manager at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, explained.
He noted that as always, dark skies make for better stargazing.
"We typically suggest getting away from cities and find a open field or hilltop to lay out under the stars and wait for the show to really peak at the late evening or early morning hours," Brothers said in a past interview with Wicked Local. "In New England, heading for a local conservation area or park that keeps lighting off at night is ideal. Another option is a coastline away from the larger cities -- the benefit being that the constellation where you will see most of the 'shooting stars.'"
Tim Brothers, technical instructor and observatory manager at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology told the USA Today Network in a past interview that Perseids are a type of meteors that can be seen each year around the same time.
"The Perseids originate from Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle," Brothers said in the at the time. "As it has made several passes through the inner solar system, the comet has left small particles behind. As the Earth orbits, it passes through that debris cloud and those particles burn up in the atmosphere."
According to NASA, Comet Swift-Tuttle was discovered in 1862 independently by both Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle.
"(It) takes 133 years to orbit the sun once," NASA noted on its website. "Swift-Tuttle last reached perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) in 1992 and will return again in 2125."