Two shooting stars per minute might be visible over Ireland tonight.
The Perseid Meteor Shower will be at its peak today and tomorrow, and will be visible under clear sky's.
The shower will reach its peak activity tonight and tomorrow night.
Meteors will be visible all night from dusk until dawn, with 20 times more shooting stars than a normal night.
The Perseids will be visible to the human eye and people won’t need a telescope or binoculars.
David Moore from Astronomy Ireland's asking the public to help count how many cross the sky.
Members of the public are being asked to count how many meteors they see every 15 minutes and send the details to Astronomy Ireland.
Meteors are caused by small particles, typically the size of a grain of sand, burning up high in the Earth’s atmosphere. The particles come from comets, which are giant balls of ice and dust a few kilometres in size.
The comet that causes the Perseids is known as the Comet Swift-Tuttle which orbits the Sun every 130 years.
