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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Perseids from Perseus
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| 12 Aug, 2025
| Image Credit & Copyright: Marcin Rosadziński
Posted on 08/12/2025 11:17:08 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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 tonight is known as the Perseids -- the meteors all appear to come 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 Perseus. Therefore, when Earth crosses this orbit, the radiant point of falling debris appears in Perseus. Featured here, a composite image taken over six nights and containing over 100 meteors from 2024 August Perseids meteor shower shows many bright meteors that streaked over the Bieszczady Mountains in Poland. This year's Perseids, usually one of the best meteor showers of the year, will compete with a bright moon that will rise, for many locations, soon after sunset.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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08/12/2025 11:17:40 AM PDT
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MtnClimber
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08/12/2025 11:18:05 AM PDT
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MtnClimber
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Pinging the APOD list
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08/12/2025 11:19:13 AM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Perseids from Perseus?...........Are they sure?.................
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08/12/2025 11:20:08 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
It is all fun and games until one hits you in the eye.
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08/12/2025 11:23:41 AM PDT
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MtnClimber
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Like a big pizza pie?.....................
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08/12/2025 11:24:26 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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08/12/2025 11:24:47 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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08/12/2025 11:28:31 AM PDT
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teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: teeman8r
when an eel lunges out
and bites of you snout
that’s a moray.
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08/12/2025 3:52:11 PM PDT
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null and void
(We are living through the greatest of all ICE Ages.)
To: null and void
OFF your snout
preef rooding is your fiend...
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08/12/2025 3:53:30 PM PDT
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null and void
(We are living through the greatest of all ICE Ages.)
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