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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.   
      
                                  2024 August 15   
      
                               Late Night Vallentuna   
              Image Credit & Copyright: P-M Hed+¬n (Clear Skies, TWAN)   
      
      Explanation: Bright Mars and even brighter Jupiter are in close   
      conjunction just above the pine trees in this post-midnight skyscape   
      from Vallentuna, Sweden. Taken on August 12 during a geomagnetic storm,   
      the snapshot records the glow of aurora borealis or northern lights,   
      beaming from the left side of the frame. Of course on that date Perseid   
      meteors rained through planet Earth's skies, grains of dust from the   
      shower's parent, periodic comet Swift-Tuttle. The meteor streak at the   
      upper right is a Perseid plowing through the atmosphere at about 60   
      kilometers per second. Also well-known in in Earth's night sky, the   
      bright Pleides star cluster shines below the Perseid meteor streak. In   
      Greek myth, the Pleiades were seven daughters of the astronomical titan   
      Atlas and sea-nymph Pleione. The Pleiades and their parents' names are   
      given to the cluster's nine brightest stars.   
      
                  Gallery: Perseid Meteor Shower 2024 and Aurorae   
                        Tomorrow's picture: meteor borealis   
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