Gallery: 2015 Perseids Are Putting on a Show

By Nancy Atkinson - August 12, 2015 at 4:17 PM UTC | Observing

Have you been looking up the past few nights, trying to see the Perseid Meteor Shower? Many of our readers have been turning their eyes -- and cameras -- to the skies, with spectacular results. This year's Perseids were predicted to be one of the best ever, since there has been little to no moonlight to upstage the shower. As you can see from the images here, many astrophotographers were able to capture fast and bright meteors, and even some that left persistent trains.

Remember, tonight (Wednesday, August 12, 2015) is projected to be the peak

, so if you've got clear skies, take advantage of this opportunity to see a great meteor shower. You can find out how and when to see them in our previous detailed articles by our in-house observing experts

David Dickinson

and

Bob King

.

And enjoy the view from our readers in this gallery of 2015 Perseids:

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A Perseid Meteor, the Milky Way and the photographer on August 11, 2015 near Bamburgh, Northumberland, England. Credit and copyright:

Peter Greig. [/caption]

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An 'exploding' Perseid meteor as seen on August 11, 2015. Credit and copyright: Chris Lyons. [/caption]

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Bright Perseid and Perseus. Credit and copyright: Chris Lyons. [/caption]

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A green Perseid meteor, along with 2 satellites show up in this image taken on August 11, 2015. Credit and copyright: eos-001 on Flickr. [/caption]

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Perseid meteor from early morning, August 12, 2015 in Weatherly, Pennsylvania. Taken with a Canon 6D and Samyang 14mm lens, 40 second exposure at ISO 3200, unguided. Credit and copyright: Tom Wildoner. [/caption]

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Perseid Meteor near Cassiopeia along with the Andromeda Galaxy, as seen from France on August 10, 2015. Credit and copyright: VegaStar Carpentier/ VegaStar Carpentier Photography. [/caption]

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A Perseid Meteor as seen on August 8, 2015, taken from Oxfordshire with a Canon 1100D + 18-55mm lens, ISO-1600 for 30 seconds. Credit and copyright: Mary Spicer.

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Prolific night sky photographer

John Chumack

near Dayton, Ohio put together this video of 81 Perseid meteors he captured on August 12, 2015 with his Automated low light -Meteor Video Camera Network:

If you are clouded out, you can still enjoy the shower.

NASA TV

will be tracking the

Perseids live

on Wednesday, August 12 starting at 10PM EDT/02:00 UT: