The Perseids peak this week! Here's how to watch one of the best meteor showers of 2021

The sky is falling! Or it will on the evening of August 12/13, when the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak. This is a reliable shower, with around 60–100 meteors per hour (or about one per minute), though sometimes more are seen.

Even better: The Moon is a thin crescent and sets a couple of hours after the Sun, so it won't out any meteors with its light.

What follows below is a detailed checklist of what you need to watch the shower (modified from articles from years past), but for the cr...