The night sky will be alight tonight thanks to the annual Perseid meteor shower.
Stargazers won't believe their eyes as the brightest meteor shower of the year produces around 60 to 100 'shooting stars' an hour.
The Perseids are 'active' from mid-July to late August but they will peak this year on the night between 12-13 August.
So what actually is it?
The Perseid meteor shower is made up of tiny space debris falling from the tail of Comet Swift-Tuttle bursting into Earth's atmosphere.
Mostly no bigger than a grain of sand, the meteors burn up as they hit the atmosphere at 58 kilometres (36 miles) per second to produce a shooting stream of light in the sky - hence the 'shooting star' term.
The best bit is, you don't need any equipment to see them - just a clear night's sky.
You also need to have a bit of patience as there is no 'key moment'. The meteors can come in spurts and are interspersed with lulls.
So, just wrap up warm and head outside and find a spot of night sky away from bright city lights and look up.
The Persied meteor shower will peak in Manchester on the night of Monday, August 12 and into the early hours of Tuesday, August 13. and could produce up to 150 meteors per hour.
Your best bet may be staying up until the early hours as you need to wait for wait for total darkness. So find a secluded spot and give your eyes 15 to 20 minutes to adjust to the light change.
According to Time and Date, good visibility will start around 10:10pm BST.
By 2.30am BST, this will improve to very good but to have the best possible chance of seeing the spectacle, you'll need to wait up until 3am BST.
The only bit of bad news is that the North West my suffer cloudy conditions which could obstruct the view.
