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Credit & Copyright: Zhuoxiao Wang,
Yangwang-1 Space Telescope,
Origin.Space
Explanation:
On May 31 tens of parallel meteor streaks were recorded in this
8 degree wide field of view of planet Earth's limb from space.
The image is one of a series of 5 minute long observations
by the orbiting
Yangwang-1 space
telescope.
It was captured at 03:43 UT, near the peak of the
Tau Herculid
meteor shower.
As predicted,
the meteor shower was an active one this year,
caused as Earth swept through a relatively
dense stream of debris from
disintegrating
Comet
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3,
but was
lacking bright meteors.
Nearly all of the
Tau Herculid meteors in the Yangwang-1 image are too faint
to be detected by groundbased instruments.
But on that date
patient earthbound
skywatchers under clear skies
still enjoyed a memorable
showing of the Tau Herculids.
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