One of the best meteor showers of the year will reach its peak overnight Wednesday into Thursday. The meteor shower is also known for fireballs, brighter meteors that are easier to spot in the sky. “These meteors are actually the size of a grain of sand,” said Nielsa Rose Lachapelle, outreach chair for the Austin Astronomical Society. The Perseid meteor shower garners a lot of fame, but it’s just one of many celestial events that Austinites can look forward to this year. The Leonids meteor shower will peak in mid-November, with the Geminids following up shortly after in mid-December.