How to photograph a meteor shower: where to take a photo of the meteors in Australia tonight

Stargazers will be able to take pictures of the fireballs as they light up the sky tonight.

It's not as easy to capture a meteorite shower as it is to take out your phone.

The light show began on Thursday with the Piscis Austrinids and will be followed by the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids.

The new moon will be dark, so visibility is expected to be good.

The best place to view the shower is outside of cities, according to the astronomer.

Five to six meteorites an hour are possible if you look from skies that are light polluted. He said it was 40 from a country sky.

It has fewer meteorites, but the ones it does have burn bright, so it is the pick of the bunch. If you are in a city, the other two have more but are not as strong.

He said to look east to find them.

They are all in the same part of the sky and can be seen after 11 pm.

It's difficult to capture them. If you only have a phone, Jay Town said to put it away.

Town said you needed a camera, a wide-angle lens and a tripod. It won't work if you don't have all of them.

There are a few things you can do to get a good shot.

You can use a wide-open lens to get the most out of your camera. Town said that you have to set up a long exposure.

He told them to start with 20 seconds. You will have lines everywhere if you get over 30 seconds. The meteorites should look like streams of light.

Town said that even pressing the bottom of the camera can make the image blurry.

The easiest way around it is to use a shutter release which will mean you don't have to touch the camera, you can do it through your phone, or you can have a physical release with a cable.

Hold your hand over the lens and push the button to take it away.

He said the most important thing was to take a lot of pictures.

He said that he was just hoping.