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APOD: Perseid Meteors over Mount Shasta (2016 Aug 08)
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 4:10 am
by APOD Robot
Perseid Meteors over Mount Shasta
Explanation: Where are all of these meteors coming from? In terms of direction on the sky, the pointed answer is the
constellation of Perseus. That is why the meteor shower that peaks later this week is known as the
Perseids -- the
meteors all appear to came from a
radiant toward Perseus. In terms of parent body, though, the
sand-sized debris that makes up the Perseids meteors come from
Comet Swift-Tuttle. The comet follows a well-defined orbit around our Sun, and the part of the orbit that
approaches Earth is superposed in front of the Perseus. Therefore, when Earth crosses this orbit, the
radiant point of falling debris appears in Perseus.
Featured here, a composite
image containing over 60 meteors from last August's
Pereids meteor shower shows many
bright meteors that
streaked over
Mount Shasta,
California, USA.
This year's Perseids holds promise to be the best
meteor shower of the
year.
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Re: APOD: Perseid Meteors over Mount Shasta (2016 Aug 08)
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:47 am
by Tilt
Re: APOD: Perseid Meteors over Mount Shasta (2016 Aug 08)
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 4:41 pm
by RJN
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
Re: APOD: Perseid Meteors over Mount Shasta (2016 Aug 08)
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 1:59 am
by Ann
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
S&T: August’s Perseids: More Meteors This Year?
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 2:41 pm
by bystander
August’s Perseids: More Meteors This Year?
Sky & Telescope | 2016 Aug 09
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The Perseid meteors appear to stream away from the shower's "radiant" point near the border of Perseus and Cassiopeia. (Sky & Telescope illustration)"]
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Perseid Meteors Could See 'Surge in Activity' on 11-12 August
Royal Astronomical Society | 2016 Aug 09