APOD: 2026 August 22 – Mostly Perseids
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On August 22, 2026, the Astronomy Picture of the Day presented an all-sky view of the Perseid Meteor Shower. This phenomenon occurred on the night of August 12-13 and was captured using four dedicated meteor-monitoring cameras at an observatory in Czechia. The combined images revealed a total of 1,706 meteors, all of which were identified as Perseids due to their alignment around a single radiant point in the constellation Perseus.
The all-sky view also allowed for the detection of meteors from other, less active showers, such as the Kappa Cygnids, which can be traced back to their own radiant in the constellation Cygnus. Additionally, the antihelion complex, located near Aquarius, served as another source for meteors in this expansive sky survey.
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