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[url=http://www.skyandtelescope.com/press-releases/2016-perseid-meteors/][size=120][b][i]August’s Perseids: More Meteors This Year?[/i][/b][/size][/url]
Sky & Telescope | 2016 Aug 09

[img3="[i]The Perseid meteors appear to stream away from the shower's "radiant" point near the border of Perseus and Cassiopeia. [b](Sky & Telescope illustration)[/b][/i]"]http://www.skyandtelescope.com/wp-content/uploads/Perseids_Vic_HD.jpg[/img3]

[url=http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2897-perseid-meteors-could-see-surge-in-activity-on-11-and-12-august][size=120][b][i]Perseid Meteors Could See 'Surge in Activity' on 11-12 August[/i][/b][/size][/url]
Royal Astronomical Society | 2016 Aug 09

It's a beautiful image. I love the reflections of the Perseids in the lake. Even some fallen thin tree trunks at the edge of the lake seem to reflect the shape and size of the Perseids!

I think the faint pink nebulosity to the left of the Double Cluster is the Heart and Soul nebulas.

Ann

Production note: The astrophotographer just sent in a higher resolution image and a new front "960" image with a smaller watermark. These new images have now been uploaded to the main NASA APOD.

- RJN

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[url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160808.html][img]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_160808.jpg[/img] [size=150]Perseid Meteors over Mount Shasta[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] Where are all of these meteors coming from? In terms of direction on the sky, the pointed answer is the [url=http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/const.html]constellation[/url] of Perseus. That is why the meteor shower that peaks later this week is known as the [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150813.html]Perseids[/url] -- the [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87HLPficmfE]meteors[/url] all appear to came from a [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070812.html]radiant toward Perseus[/url]. In terms of parent body, though, the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoroid#Meteor]sand-sized debris[/url] that makes up the Perseids meteors come from [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap960219.html]Comet Swift-Tuttle[/url]. The comet follows a well-defined orbit around our Sun, and the part of the orbit that [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/%20http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vzf3tW7n2VM/T5C-PyI7DII/AAAAAAAACZY/UCr8FgmMQxE/s400/bigstock-Dog-with-globe-Our-world-is-i-25891268.JPG]approaches Earth[/url] is superposed in front of the Perseus. Therefore, when Earth crosses this orbit, the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiant_(meteor_shower)]radiant[/url] point of falling debris appears in Perseus. [url=http://store.goldpaintphotography.com/The-Night-Sky/i-DVXQXLZ/A]Featured here[/url], a composite [url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/across-universe-astronomy-photographer-year-2016-shortlist-1572666]image[/url] containing over 60 meteors from last August's [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids]Pereids meteor shower[/url] shows many [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081125.html]bright meteor[/url]s that [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090302.html]streaked[/url] over [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Shasta]Mount Shasta[/url], [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California]California[/url], USA. [url=http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/watchtheskies/perseid-meteor-shower-aug11-12.html]This year's Perseids[/url] holds promise to be the best [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hch_mP7IqM]meteor shower[/url] of the [url=http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/meteor-showers-in-2016/]year[/url].

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