San Lorenzo and the Night of the Shooting Stars: Many will love this evening the event that tradition links to the martyrdom of the saint who was burned alive on the night of August 10th. His martyrdom will be commemorated by Lorenzo's “tears,” twinkling stars in the volcanic sky. The Perseid meteor shower, created by the trail of dust left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle, which crosses Earth's orbit during this period, gives us a view of shooting stars. The maximum visibility of the light trails will be on Monday, August 12, when a frequency of a hundred meteors per hour is expected, thanks to the absence of disturbance from the brightness of the Moon. The dust seeded by the comet penetrates the Earth's atmosphere at high speed, burns up due to friction and emits a characteristic trail dependent on one's secret desires.
The Perseid shower is active from July 15th and will remain active until August 24th, but as mentioned the shooting star event will be most visible on August 12th. These days the lunar phases are favorable: the satellite is set an hour after midnight and is at 49% brightness in the first quarter, so the shooting does not interfere too much with the view of the stars. A full moon on August 19, however, may reduce viewing of meteors in the central part of the month. Some suggestions for care: It is better to lift your nose in the second part of the night.
