2023 August 24 - Meteors Along the Milky Way
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2023-08-24

In today's image, we see a number of meteors from the recent Perseid meteor shower from earlier this month. The meteors will all appear to radiate from a spot in the constellation of Perseus off the image to the upper right. 

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