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Perseid Fireball and Persistent Train
Before local midnight on August 12, this brilliant Perseid meteor flashed above the Poloniny Dark Sky Park, Slovakia. Streaking beside the summer Milky Way, its initial color is likely due to the shower meteor's high speed. Moving at about 60 kilometers per second, Perseid meteors can excite green emission from oxygen atoms as they pass through the thin atmosphere at high altitudes. This Perseid left a lingering visible train, characteristic of bright meteors.
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In tropical astrology, 17 AUG 2018 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 17 AUG 2018.