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You can see the 2020 Perseid meteor shower in a free Slooh webcast tonight - Space.com
Aug 12, 2020 1 min, 6 secs

Snap an amazing 2020 Perseids meteor shower photo.

The annual Perseid meteor shower has just peaked, but it's not too late to spot one of the famed "shooting stars" in the night sky — or in a live webcast. .

While the best time to view the shower was early this morning (Aug. 12), with rates of more than 50 visible meteors per hour, some Perseid meteors will continue to grace Northern Hemisphere skies for about two more weeks.

If overcast skies or city lights are preventing you from enjoying the Perseids at their best, you can still see the celestial show live online thanks to a free webcast from the Slooh online observatory.

Related: Perseid meteor shower 2020: When, where & how to see it.

Slooh's four-hour-long webcast will feature live video footage of the meteor shower from low-light cameras located at observatories around the world, including the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands and the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space sciences and Technology in the United Arab Emirates, Slooh officials said in the same statement.

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Editor's note: If you snap an amazing photo or video of 2020 Perseid meteor shower and would like to share it with Space.com for a possible story or gallery, send images and comments to spacephotos@space.com. 

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