2021 August 19 - Bright Meteor, Starry Sky
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 19/08/2021

In today's image, we see a rather bright Perseid meteor in the region of the sky known as the Summer Triangle which contains the bright stars Vega (not pictured), Deneb, and Altair. 

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