The Perseids meteor shower saw shooting stars soaring through the sky, as dust from the Swift-Tuttle comet entered our atmosphere. Made of tiny space debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle, the Perseids are named after the constellation Perseus. The Perseids are popular with stargazers because the shower usually sees around 60-100 meteors per hour. Perseids occurs normally every year in August with a flare rate of about 80-100 per hour at 60km per second speed. The Perseids , which are the most famous summer meteors, will"The moon is very favorable for the Perseids this year, and that'll make the Perseids probably the best shower of 2018 for people who want to go out and view it.