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                               2022 August 11
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                             Perseids and MAGIC
               Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Urs Leutenegger

   Explanation: On August 11, 2021 [5]a multi-mirror, 17 meter-diameter
   [6]MAGIC telescope reflected this starry night sky from the Roque de
   los Muchachos European Northern Observatory on the Canary Island of La
   Palma. MAGIC stands for Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov. The
   telescopes can see the brief [7]flashes of optical light produced in
   particle air showers as high-energy gamma rays impact the Earth's upper
   atmosphere. To the dark-adapted eye the mirror segments offer a
   tantalizing reflection of stars and nebulae along the plane of our
   Milky Way galaxy. But directly behind the segmented mirror telescope,
   low on the horizon, lies the constellation Perseus. And on that date
   the dramatic composite nightscape also captured meteors streaming
   [8]from the radiant of the annual Perseid meteor shower. [9]This year
   the Perseid shower activity [10]will again peak around August 13 but
   [11]perseid meteors will have to compete with the bright light of a
   Full Moon.

              Tomorrow's picture: Portrait of the Eagle Nebula
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   4. https://www.instagram.com/urs.leutenegger/?hl=en
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   6. https://magic.mpp.mpg.de/
   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160820.html
   8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210820.html
   9. https://earthsky.org/tonight/summer-meteors-2022-moon-free-in-late-july-and-early-august/
  10. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/perseids/in-depth/
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