APOD: 2026 August 22 – Mostly Perseids
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On August 22, 2026, an Astronomy Picture of the Day featured an all-night, all-sky view of the Perseid Meteor Shower, recorded on August 12-13. The image was captured using four meteor-monitoring cameras at an observatory in Czechia, resulting in the detection of 1,706 meteors, most of which were Perseids. The Perseids' trails all converged on a single radiant on the sky, located in the constellation Perseus at the upper right.
However, meteors from other, less active showers, such as Kappa Cygnids from Cygnus, were also visible amidst the Perseid trails. The antihelion complex, a weak source for meteors near Aquarius, was also identifiable in the image. The picture was credited to Jakub Koukal of Valašské Meziříčí Observatory, with contributions from Jerry Bonnell, Cecilia Chirenti, Robert Nemiroff, and Keighley Rockcliffe.
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