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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                    2022 June 1   
      
                  Tau Herculids Meteors over Kitt Peak Telescopes   
         Image Credit & Copyright: Jianwei Lyu (Steward Obs., U. Arizona)   
      
      Explanation: It wasn't the storm of the century -- but it was a night   
      to remember. Last night was the peak of the Tau Herculids meteor   
      shower, a usually modest dribble of occasional meteors originating from   
      the disintegrating Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3. This year,   
      calculations showed that the Earth might be passing through a   
      particularly dense stream of comet debris -- at best creating a storm   
      of bright meteors streaking out from the constellation of Hercules.   
      What actually happened fell short of a meteor storm, but could be   
      called a decent meteor shower. Featured here is a composite image taken   
      at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, USA accumulated over 2.5   
      hours very late on May 30. Over that time, 19 Tau Herculids meteors   
      were captured, along with 4 unrelated meteors. (Can you find them?) In   
      the near foreground is the Bok 2.3-meter Telescope with the 4.0-meter   
      Mayall Telescope just behind it. Next year, the annual Tau Herculids   
      are expected to return to its normal low rate, with the next active   
      night forecast for 2049.   
      
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