by APOD Robot » Thu Aug 15, 2024 4:05 am
Late Night Vallentuna
Explanation: Bright Mars and even brighter Jupiter are in close conjunction just above the pine trees in this post-midnight skyscape from
Vallentuna, Sweden. Taken on August 12 during a geomagnetic storm, the snapshot records the glow of aurora borealis or northern lights, beaming from the left side of the frame. Of course on
that date Perseid meteors rained through planet Earth's skies, grains of dust from the shower's parent, periodic comet
Swift-Tuttle. The meteor streak at the upper right is a Perseid plowing through the atmosphere at about 60 kilometers per
second. Also well-known in in Earth's night sky, the bright Pleides star cluster shines below the Perseid meteor streak. In Greek myth, the Pleiades were
seven daughters of the astronomical titan Atlas and sea-nymph Pleione. The Pleiades and their parents' names are given to the cluster's nine brightest stars.
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[b] Explanation: [/b] [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240802.html]Bright Mars[/url] and even brighter Jupiter are in close conjunction just above the pine trees in this post-midnight skyscape from [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150319.html]Vallentuna[/url], Sweden. Taken on August 12 during a geomagnetic storm, the snapshot records the glow of aurora borealis or northern lights, beaming from the left side of the frame. Of course on [url=https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/meteors-meteorites/perseids/]that date Perseid meteors[/url] rained through planet Earth's skies, grains of dust from the shower's parent, periodic comet [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240808.html]Swift-Tuttle[/url]. The meteor streak at the upper right is a Perseid plowing through the atmosphere at about 60 kilometers per [i]second[/i]. Also well-known in in Earth's night sky, the bright Pleides star cluster shines below the Perseid meteor streak. In Greek myth, the Pleiades were [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_(Greek_mythology)]seven daughters[/url] of the astronomical titan Atlas and sea-nymph Pleione. The Pleiades and their parents' names are given to the cluster's nine brightest stars.
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