Catch the Unpredictable June Boötid Meteor Shower Tonight in Pittsburgh and Central Ohio.

The annual June Boötid meteor shower will peak tonight and will be visible from dusk until dawn in the Pittsburgh area. The meteor shower is named after the constellation Boötes, where it appears to emanate from, but its actual origin is a debris trail left behind by the comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke. The Earth's rotation turns Pittsburgh to face towards the incoming meteors, maximizing the number that produce short trails as they burn up. The meteoroids strike Earth's atmosphere at an average speed of 18 km per second, or roughly 40,000 mph.