Astronomical Society of Cartagena, with the collaboration of the Youth Council has organized the Thursday night, starting at 22.30 hours, an observation of the famous Perseids, better known as Tears of St. Lawrence in the park Residential Estate of Santa Ana, where they installed two telescopes and can shoot the meteor shower.
Legend has it that 10 to August 13, San Lorenzo remember his martyrdom in the grill with tears shooting.
They are the Perseids, lost fragments of the comet Swift-Tuttle, which light up the sky these three nights in contact with the Earth's atmosphere.
More information about the activity in http://astronomiacartagena.blogsport.com or contact the Youth Resource Center, Paseo Alfonso XIII, n ° 53, phone 968-128867, Cartagena.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena