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Now that we know where shooting stars come from , and how, where and when to watch Perseids 2020 , let’s consider how to photograph them well? What are the Perseids? Probably everyone has heard about the Perseids in recent years. Their photos flood Facebook around mid-August. Perseids are called shooting stars. The vast majority of these are cosmic particles lost by the comet 109P / Swift-Tuttle passing near the Sun. They are named after the Perseus constellation, where they seem to fly in when we look at the sky. We see them in the sky as they fall into the Earth’s atmosphere. Fig. Lukas Schlagenhauf / Flickr Perseids 2020 – when to observe and photograph them? The peak of the Perseid swarm in 2020 falls on the night of August 11-12 and August 12-13. And although the perseids will be visible in the sky throughout August, on these two nights there is the best chance to see and photograph them. Theoretically, it will be able to see up to 100 of them per hour. In practice, mostly...