LI stargazers gear up for Perseid meteors
Photo credit: AP | Astronomers observe the night sky for the Perseid meteor shower at an observatory near the village of Avren east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia last year. The annual meteor shower is promising to put on a dazzling sky show. (Aug. 12, 2009)
Stargazers of all stripes on Long Island and beyond are gearing up for a meteor shower that experts call one of the most spectacular light shows of the year.
The Perseid meteor shower, which is expected to be visible with the naked eye anywhere in the country Saturday night and early Sunday, has the amateur and professional astronomy worlds abuzz.
"It should be a pretty good light show,...
