Illinois meteor showers

There have been far too many times that we could have seen a really cool meteor shower in Illinois skies...but we didn't because the weather just wouldn't cooperate. It's been too cloudy, there's been too much moonlight, whatever. Not this time, according to expert sky watchers. We should have a great look at a really cool sky show.

Experts say that the Perseid meteor shower is this year's "most prolific" meteor shower, meaning that at its peak, you could see up to and beyond 75 shooting stars per hour this coming weekend. Here's the information you'll need to look up at the best time.