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Jamie Carter

How to watch and photograph this weekend's Perseid meteor shower

Two iPhones on a grey background showing the meteor showing planning tools in the PhotoPills app

The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most impressive displays of shooting stars you'll see throughout the year – and it's peaking this weekend on August 12 and 13 in the US and UK.

The display of shooting stars, caused by Earth moving into the path of debris left by the Comet Swift-Tuttle, has been going since mid-July, but traditionally peaks on this weekend every year – and that looks likely to be the case again.

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