Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                 2022 June 1
   [2]The featured image shows meteors from the usual docile Tau Herculids
     meteor shower. The image records 19 images from the shower, with 3
   other meteors also captured. In the foreground are two telescopes from
        Kitt Peak: the 2.3-meter Bok telescope and the 4-meter Mayall
    telescope. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

               Tau Herculids Meteors over Kitt Peak Telescopes
   Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Jianwei Lyu ([4]Steward Obs., U. Arizona)

   Explanation: It wasn't the storm of the century -- but it was a night
   to remember. Last night was the peak of the [5]Tau Herculids meteor
   shower, a usually modest dribble of [6]occasional meteors originating
   from the [7]disintegrating Comet [8]73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3. This
   year, [9]calculations showed that the Earth might be passing through a
   particularly dense stream of [10]comet debris -- at best creating a
   [11]storm of bright meteors streaking out from the constellation of
   Hercules. [12]What actually happened fell short of a meteor storm, but
   could be called a [13]decent meteor shower. Featured here is a
   composite image taken at [14]Kitt Peak [15]National Observatory in
   [16]Arizona, [17]USA accumulated over 2.5 hours very late on May 30.
   Over that time, 19 Tau Herculids [18]meteors were captured, along with
   4 unrelated meteors. (Can you find them?) In the near foreground is the
   [19]Bok 2.3-meter Telescope with the [20]4.0-meter Mayall Telescope
   just [21]behind it. Next year, the annual Tau Herculids are expected to
   return to its [22]normal low rate, with the [23]next active night
   forecast for 2049.

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   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060504.html
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   9. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005MNRAS.361..638W/abstract
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