Get your wishes ready, because the Perseids offer the best chance to see a shooting star in 2020.

If you were looking at the sky around 2:00 Tuesday morning, you may have caught a glimpse of the Perseid meteor shower. 

This year's meteor shower is expected to be particularly spectacular. Here's where and how to watch.

"It's going to be great here in Manitoba because the moon is rising very early in the morning."

Experts say a dark, clear sky is key to catching astronomical events like meteor showers.

While light from a nearly full moon is expected to drown out some of the fainter shooting stars this year, there will still be plenty of action to watch in the skies.

Paul Delaney, director of the York University Astronomical Observatory and AM 640's expert in astronomy and space exploration, says nowadays, you don't need to be a scientist or have expensive astronomical equipment to see celestial bodies.

If you missed the meteor shower Thursday night, good news: it's not over yet.

Skywatchers will get a chance to watch the Perseid meteor shower beginning in the late evening on Aug. 11 until the early hours of Aug. 12.

NASA says the shower will be one of the best potential meteor viewing opportunities this year, with an onslaught of amazingly fast and bright meteors being most noticeable on Aug. 11 and 12.