What better time to explore the heavens than a week with a Perseid meteor shower! The activity is subsiding as we slide into the latter half of the week, but scientists say that on August 12 and 13, you could catch up to 100 meteors an hour!

View the next meteor shower with your own telescope!

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• 231x Max Power with 60mm Objective lens

• Equatorial Mount with setting circles and dual slow moting adjustment cables

• Interchangeable eyepieces with a 3x Barlow lens to increase viewing power

• Refractor optical system

• Includes tripod and carrying case

The peak of the meteor shower was late Sunday night and based on some pics around the web, it was a beauty! Imagine seeing some of these shots through the 60mm objective lens of your own Barska 70060!

Here is an awesome video Nasa published about the phenomenon.

So, did you catch any of the action this time around?