Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                               2023 August 24
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                         Meteors along the Milky Way
              Image Credit & [3]Copyright: Ali Hosseini Nezhad

   Explanation: [4]Under dark and mostly moonless night skies, many
   [5]denizens of planet Earth were able to watch this year's Perseid
   meteor shower. Seen from a grassy hillside from Shiraz, Iran these
   [6]Perseid meteors streak along the northern summer Milky Way before
   dawn on Sunday, August 13. Frames used to construct the composited
   image were captured near the [7]active annual meteor shower's peak
   between 02:00 AM and 04:30 AM local time. Not in this night skyscape,
   the shower's radiant in the heroic constellation Perseus is far above
   the camera's field of view. But fans of northern summer nights [8]can
   still spot a familiar asterism. Formed by bright stars Deneb, Vega, and
   Altair, the [9]Summer Triangle spans the luminous band of the Milky
   Way.

                    Tomorrow's picture: seasons of Saturn
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