Subj : Daily APOD Report
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From : Alan Ianson
Date : Thu Aug 24 2023 00:15:04

                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                               2023 August 24

                         Meteors along the Milky Way
                Image Credit & Copyright: Ali Hosseini Nezhad

   Explanation: Under dark and mostly moonless night skies, many denizens
   of planet Earth were able to watch this year's Perseid meteor shower.
   Seen from a grassy hillside from Shiraz, Iran these Perseid meteors
   streak along the northern summer Milky Way before dawn on Sunday,
   August 13. Frames used to construct the composited image were captured
   near the active annual meteor shower's peak between 02:00 AM and 04:30
   AM local time. Not in this night skyscape, the shower's radiant in the
   heroic constellation Perseus is far above the camera's field of view.
   But fans of northern summer nights can still spot a familiar asterism.
   Formed by bright stars Deneb, Vega, and Altair, the Summer Triangle
   spans the luminous band of the Milky Way.

                    Tomorrow's picture: seasons of Saturn
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