Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2020 April 23
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                             Lyrid Meteor Streak
                 Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Zolt Levay

   Explanation: [5]Earth's annual Lyrid Meteor Shower peaked before dawn
   yesterday, as our fair planet plowed through debris from the tail of
   long-period comet Thatcher. In crisp, clear and moonless predawn skies
   over Brown County, Indiana this streak of vaporizing comet dust briefly
   shared a telephoto field of view with stars and nebulae along the Milky
   Way. Alpha star of the constellation Cygnus, Deneb [6]lies near the
   bright meteor's path along with the region's dark interstellar clouds
   of dust and the recognizable glow of the North America nebula ([7]NGC
   7000). The meteor's streak points back to the shower's radiant, its
   [8]apparent point of origin on the sky. That would be in the
   constellation Lyra, near bright star Vega and off the top edge of the
   frame.

             Celebrate the Night: [9]International Dark Sky Week
                     Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space
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