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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       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.   
      
                                   2025 August 6   
      A starfield has the Andromeda galaxy in the center. Streaking down from   
         the top is a green line with several bright segments -- a meteor   
        captured coincidently. Please see the explanation for more detailed   
                                   information.   
      
                               Meteor before Galaxy   
                 Image Credit & Copyright: Fritz Helmut Hemmerich   
      
      Explanation: What's that green streak in front of the Andromeda galaxy?   
      A meteor. While photographing the Andromeda galaxy in 2016, near the   
      peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower, a small pebble from deep space   
      crossed right in front of our Milky Way Galaxy's far-distant companion.   
      The small meteor took only a fraction of a second to pass through this   
      10-degree field. The meteor flared several times while braking   
      violently upon entering Earth's atmosphere. The green color was   
      created, at least in part, by the meteor's gas glowing as it vaporized.   
      Although the exposure was timed to catch a Perseid meteor, the   
      orientation of the imaged streak seems a better match to a meteor from   
      the Southern Delta Aquariids, a meteor shower that peaked a few weeks   
      earlier. Not coincidentally, the Perseid Meteor Shower peaks next week,   
      although this year the meteors will have to outshine a sky brightened   
      by a nearly full moon.   
      
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