METEOR SHOWER OF PERSEIDS WITNESS IT'S PEAK AT ABU DHABI SKY

Meteor shower will be witness over Abu Dhabi sky as it's peak appear on August 12, 2011. The active dates include from 23 of July to 20 of August. The average zenithal hourly rate at maximum 80.  The best place for meteor shower observation remain outside the city where the environmental light is minimized or eliminated. 

The Perseid meteor shower is named after the constellation Perseus, which is located in roughly the same point of the night sky where the Perseid meteor shower appears to originate from. 

The Parent body of the Perseid meteor shower is actually the comet Swift-Tuttle. Every year, the earth passes through the debris cloud left by the comet when the earth's atmosphere is bombarded by what is popularly known as "falling stars."