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Raining Perseids

NASA APOD · Fred Bruenjes
COSMIC MESSAGE

The Perseid meteor shower, captured here by astronomer Fred Bruenjes, occurs every August as Earth passes through the dust trail of Comet Swift-Tuttle. Each streak is a grain of comet dust, burning up in our atmosphere. This composite image combines many exposures from the night of August 11/12, 2005, showing the shower's radiant point in the sky.

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Raining Perseids
2005-08-06 · ♌
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Raining Perseids
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
♌
LEO

In tropical astrology, 6 AUG 2005 falls under Leo (♌). The sign's window runs from 07-23 through 08-22. Leo is anchored by Regulus, the heart of the Lion, twenty-four parsecs from Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 6 AUG 2005.

THE ALMANAC FOR 6 AUG 2005
DAY
Saturday
MOON
New moon, 1% lit
POSITION
Day 218 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Perseid shower, peaks in 7 days
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS
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