To observe the famous Perseids, it is better to take height and move away from light sources.
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Théo Allegrezza
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From Wednesday to Thursday, shooting stars can be observed in the sky (illustrative image).
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They are called the Perseids. Since the end of July and for a few more days, a significant rain of shooting stars has been visible from the northern hemisphere. “They seem to come from the constellation Perseus,” explains Sylvia Ekström, an astrophysicist in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Geneva. The peak is happening just these days. There may be more than a hundred shooting stars per hour.
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