This year’s Perseid meteor shower—which got underway this week—will light up the night for about two weeks, with the event’s peak happening late on Sunday, astronomers announced.

“It’s going to be a great show,” Bill Cooke, of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, said in a news release.

“The moon is new on August 12—which means no moonlight, dark skies, and plenty of meteors.” But even with the lack of moonlight, experts recommend getting out of light-filled cities for the best view.

Skywatchers should already be able to see dozens of “shooting stars” an hour, with as many as one or two a minute during the shower’s peak on Sunday.

As an added bonus, this year’s moonless sky will offer a clear view of Mars just below the constellation Perseus, and several meteors will likely flit past the shining red “star” on August 12 and 13.

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Mari will see if she can make her crappy camera work at night. Mari’s…actually never watched a meteor shower before, so this should be pretty nice. Mari will be listening to Otsuka Ai - Planetarium a lot.