Catch a pair of dueling meteor showers on July 30-31

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The month of July wraps up with not one but two meteor showers peaking. The Southern Delta Aquarids and Alpha Capricornids will join forces for a weekend full of shooting stars.

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00:02 The final weekend of July will feature shooting stars.

00:09 Catch the peak of two meteor showers

00:11 on the nights of July 30th and July 31st,

00:15 the Southern Delta Aquarids and the Alpha Capricornids.

00:20 Unlike most meteor showers,

00:22 when peak levels are usually one night events,

00:24 the dueling meteor showers peaks have a plateau-like effect,

00:28 meaning stargazers have a week

00:30 centered around the nights of July 30th and 31st

00:33 to see shooting stars.

00:35 The dueling showers combine for 15 to 20 meteors per hour.

00:39 The Alpha Capricornid meteor showers

00:42 are known for producing bright fireballs.

00:44 A nearly full moon will compete with the showers

00:47 for most of the night.

00:48 Try to keep the moon out of your sight

00:50 to protect your night vision

00:51 and increase the likelihood of seeing meteors.

00:54 The best time to view the meteor showers

00:56 will be after 3 a.m. local time when the moon sets.

01:00 The Southern Delta Aquarids and the Alpha Capricornids

01:04 come before an even bigger meteor shower in August,

01:08 the Perseids.

01:09 Be sure to check out the latest forecast

01:12 before heading outside by visiting AccuWeather.com

01:15 or downloading the AccuWeather app.

01:17 Reporting for AccuWeather,

01:19 I'm meteorologist Justin Povic.

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