              APOD: 2017 August 1 - Perseid Meteors over Turkey

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                                2017 August 1
                                      [2]
                         Perseid Meteors over Turkey
          Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Tunc Tezel [4] (TWAN [5] )

Explanation: The Perseid Meteor Shower, usually the best meteor shower of the
year, will peak late next week. A person watching a clear sky from a dark
location might see a bright meteor every minute. These meteors [6]  are
actually specks of rock that have broken off Comet Swift-Tuttle [7] and
continued to orbit the Sun [8] until they vaporize in Earth's atmosphere [9] .
The featured composite image shows a outburst of Perseids as they appeared
over Turkey [10] during last year's meteor shower [11] . Enough meteors were
captured to trace the shower's radiant [12]  back to the constellation of
Perseus [13]  on the far left. The tail-end of the Perseids [14] will still be
going during the total solar eclipse on August 21 [15] , creating a rare
opportunity for some lucky astrophotographers to image a Perseid meteor [16]
during the day.

                    Memorable APOD:  Meteor Showers [17]
                    Tomorrow's picture: dust monster [18]

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