The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak overnight on Monday, Aug. 12, through Tuesday, Aug. 13, with an uptick in “shooting stars” expected despite the presence of a waning full moon. The result of a comet twice the size of the object thought to have killed the dinosaurs and one of the annual highlights of the stargazing calendar, it usually produces up to 75 “shooting stars” per hour, but rates will be down this year.