There's no moon-free window left for meteor-watching this week. Yet this meteor shower - whose nominal peak is July 27, same night as this century's longest lunar eclipse and the brightest Mars since 2003 - might be a winner in 2018.
Veteran meteor photographer Eliot Herman in Tucson, Arizona, wrote: “I have 2 rules for meteors: avoid the moon, if possible, and if not embrace the situation. Make the adjustments and accept that, while the photos probably won’t be epic, it’s possible to record the good ones. The moon isn’t so bad. Clouds are …”
