Summer's most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids, peaks early Wednesday. At the same time, Venus and Jupiter will converge in the sky — overlapping like a very bright star. If your focus is the meteor shower,

It’s a busy morning! Look for Perseid meteors as you catch a conjunction of bright Jupiter and Venus before dawn.

Since I’m a meteorologist, not an astronomer, some of the night sky happenings aren’t always at the tip of my knowledge base. This morning, when I got up and looked east, I noticed Venus brilliantly shining as expected,