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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                  2022 August 11   
      
                                Perseids and MAGIC   
                     Image Credit & Copyright: Urs Leutenegger   
      
      Explanation: On August 11, 2021 a multi-mirror, 17 meter-diameter MAGIC   
      telescope reflected this starry night sky from the Roque de los   
      Muchachos European Northern Observatory on the Canary Island of La   
      Palma. MAGIC stands for Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov. The   
      telescopes can see the brief flashes of optical light produced in   
      particle air showers as high-energy gamma rays impact the Earth's upper   
      atmosphere. To the dark-adapted eye the mirror segments offer a   
      tantalizing reflection of stars and nebulae along the plane of our   
      Milky Way galaxy. But directly behind the segmented mirror telescope,   
      low on the horizon, lies the constellation Perseus. And on that date   
      the dramatic composite nightscape also captured meteors streaming from   
      the radiant of the annual Perseid meteor shower. This year the Perseid   
      shower activity will again peak around August 13 but perseid meteors   
      will have to compete with the bright light of a Full Moon.   
      
                 Tomorrow's picture: Portrait of the Eagle Nebula   
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