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This bright Perseid was seen streaking across the sky near the Milky Way a few nights before the 2020 peak of the Perseid shower (which occurred on August 12).

The bright star in the center of the image is Deneb in Cygnus.

Image details:  15-second exposure at ISO 3200, taken with a Canon T6i camera and a 16 mm lens at f/2.

August 8, 2020