If you want to catch the Perseid meteor shower, known locally as Id-dmugħ ta’ San Lawrenz, head to a dark site, like Dwejra in Gozo, Thursday night or early on Friday. The remnants of well-known comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle will this year be even more visible as they will not be outshone by the moon. Although there are several meteor showers throughout the year, the August Perseid one is the most highly anticipated. The shower is made up of rocky debris left behind by the 109P/Swift-Tuttle, which returns every 133 years. The shower peaks on the night between August 12 and 13, when Earthlings can see the debris left behind by the comet in 1992 and centuries before. “People will still be able to see Perseids on other nights before and after the peak. This year, the advantage is that a crescent moon will already have set at 10.30pm, so no bright moonlight will interfere with observations,” astrophysicist Joseph Caruana told Times of Malta. “The principal factor that determines how many Perseids one is able to see is the brightness of the night sky: one should try seek a site that does not suffer from a lot of light pollution. "Unfortunately, the Maltese Islands are terribly...