Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2022 June 4 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Tau Herculids from Space Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Zhuoxiao Wang, Yangwang-1 Space Telescope, [5]Origin.Space Explanation: On May 31 tens of parallel meteor streaks were recorded in this 8 degree wide field of view of planet Earth's limb from space. The image is one of a series of 5 minute long observations by the orbiting [6]Yangwang-1 space telescope. It was captured at 03:43 UT, near the peak of the [7]Tau Herculid meteor shower. [8]As predicted, the meteor shower was an active one this year, caused as Earth swept through a relatively dense stream of debris from [9]disintegrating Comet [10]73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3, but was [11]lacking bright meteors. Nearly all of the Tau Herculid meteors in the Yangwang-1 image are too faint to be detected by groundbased instruments. But on that date [12]patient earthbound skywatchers under clear skies still enjoyed a memorable [13]showing of the Tau Herculids. Tomorrow's picture: gravity's dance __________________________________________________________________ [14]< | [15]Archive | [16]Submissions | [17]Index | [18]Search | [19]Calendar | [20]RSS | [21]Education | [22]About APOD | [23]Discuss | [24]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [25]Robert Nemiroff ([26]MTU) & [27]Jerry Bonnell ([28]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [29]Specific rights apply. [30]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [31]ASD at [32]NASA / [33]GSFC & [34]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2206/20220531_0343HerTau_submit.png 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. mailto: zhuoxiao @ origin.space 5. https://origin.space/ 6. https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yangwang-1.htm 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_Herculids 8. https://aquarid.physics.uwo.ca/~pbrown/taus.pdf 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060504.html 10. http://cometography.com/pcomets/073p.html 11. https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.12473 12. https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/tag/tau-herculids/ 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220601.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220603.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 18. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 23. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=220604 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220605.html 25. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 26. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 27. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 28. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 30. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 31. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 32. https://www.nasa.gov/ 33. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 34. http://www.mtu.edu/