Fairytale NEOWISE
Explanation:
Comet dust falls through a twilight sky in this dream-like scene,
but it's not part of a fairytale movie.
Still,
Castle
Neuschwanstein,
nestled in the Bavarian Alps,
did inspire Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle.
Captured on July 20, the bright streak above the castle towers
is likely a Perseid meteor.
Though it peaks near mid-August, the annual summer
meteor
shower is active now.
The meteor trail over the fairytale castle can be traced
back to the shower's radiant in the heroic constellation Perseus
off the top right of the frame.
Perseid
meteors are produced by dust from periodic
Comet
Swift-Tuttle.
With its
own broad dust tail
now sweeping through northern skies
the celestial apparition above the distant horizon
is planet Earth's current
darling, Comet NEOWISE.
Comet NEOWISE Images:
July
22
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Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.