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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Метеор между облаками http://www.variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1237027/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Victor van Wulfen
Explanation:
This bright meteor streaked through dark
night skies over
Sutherland,
South Africa on November 15.
Potentially part of the
annual Leonid meteor shower, its
sudden, brilliant appearance, likened to a camera's flash,
was captured by chance
as it passed between two clouds.
Of course, the two clouds are also visible to the eye in
dark southern skies -
the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds -
satellite galaxies of our own Milky Way.
This year's
Leonid
meteor shower peaked on November 17 as
the Earth passed through the stream of dust from
periodic comet Tempel-Tuttle.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.