The Perseid shower will enhance the background rate of "shooting stars" all during the night of August 11-12, wherever you are. Astronomers have predicted two Perseid peaks, at about 0100 and 0530 GMT on August 12th, corresponding to 2100 and 0130 Eastern Daylight Time (Montreal, Toronto, New York, etc.). Neither of these predicted occasions is too useful anywhere in east longitude, on account of the waning gibbous moon and eventual daylight; but there should still be something to watch for at any time during the night of 11 to 12 August.
Should be in the next couple of weeks. Usually mid August.
Lana Lang's parents were killed in the meteor shower.
Leonids .
Halley's Comet
You can see meteors on any clear night. There are several occasions throughout the year when there are meteor 'showers'. As you do not give a date we do not know when 'tonight' is. See the link below for a list of some dates for meteor showers.
Tonight
the next total eclipse and meteor shower is December 21,3010
We have them every November.
The Quadrantid meteor shower normally occurs between January 2 and January 4. You can get advance notice of upcoming meteor showers at spaceweather.com.
October 21st
8/13/11
Eclipses are visible, generally, only in certain locations. Meteor showers, however, affect the entire planet, and are generally a day or two long. The Perseid meteor shower is happening now, and will continue for a day or two more.
April 21/22 2008
December 21 2010
August 11,12,13. The peak of it will be the mornings of
There will be a total lunar eclipse on December 21st, and a meteor shower that peaks mid-December. Meteor showers last a couple of weeks, so there will be some overlap there.
The leonid vandeski (Leonids Meteor Shower) is a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel-Tuttle