Wondering how to capture the Perseid Meteor Shower tonight?

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If like me you are planning on heading out in the wee hours of Thursday morning to see the wonder that is the annual Perseid Meteor shower you might be wondering how to photography this starry event.

In search for some helpful hints I found this article as well as this one, which may be of use to some of you (I know they will be helping me).

So, armed with all this useful information I will be making my way out into a dark sky area at around 1am tomorrow morning (on a work day), so hopefully I will manage to capture some good shots to make this worthwhile.

Would love to know if you have any other tips that could be added.

[Sydney]

You are so lucky to be living in the northern hemisphere where you will be able to see them. They won't be visible down under. I would highly encourage everyone up over to take advantage of this very rare chance to see them as it should be some kind of show (especially given that there won't be any light from the moon to get in the way).

[hmca]

Good luck with these, Simone. I think I remember you doing something like this once before.....shooting in the middle of the night.

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Thanks Helen, that's right. I got up to photograph the Lunar Eclipse earlier this year. I will be setting my alarm clock, but as I am in work in the morning and have a very long day ahead, who knows if I make it out tonight. Thankfully this shower happens every year for about a week, so I might still get a chance on the weekend.