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                                 2022 June 4
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                          Tau Herculids from Space
       Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Zhuoxiao Wang, Yangwang-1 Space
                         Telescope, [5]Origin.Space

   Explanation: On May 31 tens of parallel meteor streaks were recorded in
   this 8 degree wide field of view of planet Earth's limb from space. The
   image is one of a series of 5 minute long observations by the orbiting
   [6]Yangwang-1 space telescope. It was captured at 03:43 UT, near the
   peak of the [7]Tau Herculid meteor shower. [8]As predicted, the meteor
   shower was an active one this year, caused as Earth swept through a
   relatively dense stream of debris from [9]disintegrating Comet
   [10]73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3, but was [11]lacking bright meteors.
   Nearly all of the Tau Herculid meteors in the Yangwang-1 image are too
   faint to be detected by groundbased instruments. But on that date
   [12]patient earthbound skywatchers under clear skies still enjoyed a
   memorable [13]showing of the Tau Herculids.

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References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2206/20220531_0343HerTau_submit.png
   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. mailto: zhuoxiao @ origin.space
   5. https://origin.space/
   6. https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yangwang-1.htm
   7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_Herculids
   8. https://aquarid.physics.uwo.ca/~pbrown/taus.pdf
   9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060504.html
  10. http://cometography.com/pcomets/073p.html
  11. https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.12473
  12. https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/tag/tau-herculids/
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