While the sky show is not scheduled to peak until May 5, sky-watchers across the tropics and the Southern Hemisphere should have front-row seats to these celestial fireworks as they ramp up this week, with about six shooting stars an hour. Stay tuned for more details next week.

The cosmic trio will be quite eye-catching, particularly because of their color differences. While the moon will have its distinctive silver glow, Saturn will appear to shine with creamy, yellow light, and Mars will beam brightly with an orange-red hue. If you train even a small telescope on Saturn, you should be able to see the gas giant’s awesome rings.

Last week, NASA announced that the Cassini spacecraft currently orbiting Saturn found dust