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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Созерцая небо http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1198897/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Sebastien Giguere
(Astrolab du Parc du Mont-Megantic)
Explanation:
Have you contemplated your sky recently?
This week will be a good one for midnight meditators at
many northerly locations as
meteors from the
Perseid meteor shower will frequently streaked through.
The Perseid meteor shower has slowly been
building to a crescendo and
should peak on the nights of August 11 and 12.
Pictured above on 2002 August 1,
a group of celestial sightseers near Quebec,
Canada are treated to a dark and wondrous night sky that contained
bright stars,
green auroras, the
band of our
Milky Way galaxy, a majestic
Moon rising, the
International Space Station slowly
gliding by, and the occasional flash of a
Perseid meteor.
Although no meteors were caught in this frame, the
Big Dipper remained quite prominent.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.