People worldwide have always been fascinated by starry evenings, and recent celestial happenings did not disappoint. A meteor shower and a satellite ‘train’ passing overhead created a spectacular display that awed skywatchers.
The Perseid meteor shower enthralled skywatchers this month, featuring shooting stars-like objects falling from the night sky. However, one telescope in Hawaii captured an amazing sight, and the video is now going viral. The highlight was not the meteor shower but a satellite ‘train’ passing through the sky.
According to the BBC, the 15 specks visible in the sky above were SpaceX’s Starlink satellites. The Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea recorded the video.
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A Pretty Bright And Impressive Meteor Shower And Satellite ‘Train’ Caught On Camera
The clip was recorded on August 11, ’23, and @subarutel_starcamadmin shared the video on its official YouTube channel.
While posting the video, they captioned it by saying, ‘On August 12, 2023, a group of 15 SpaceX (STARLINK) satellites flew through the evening sky over Subaru Telescope at Mauna Kea, Hawaii. During the peak days of the Perseid Meteor Shower, we did a special live streaming of the night sky over the Subaru Telescope.
By chance, this was the view captured by the live. They were quite brilliant and amazing. The link below will take you to an 11-hour archival video of the night. There will be a lot of meteors in the morning. Enjoy!’
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The Perseid meteor shower is widely regarded as the greatest of the year. From July to September, the Perseids are visible. They often reach their greatest strength on August 12 or 13, depending on the year.
The annual meteor shower takes its name from the meteors appearing to originate in the constellation Perseus. Subaru Telescope is a very large optical, infrared telescope erected at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, according to the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ).
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Its primary mirror has an aperture of 8.2 metres, making it one of the world’s largest monolithic mirrors. According to the website, the Subaru Telescope’s prime focus has an extremely wide field of view compared to other large telescopes.
According to the NAOJ website, the Subaru Telescope is a large optical, infrared telescope with one of the world’s largest monolithic mirrors erected near Mauna Kea in Hawaii. As a result, its great light-collecting capabilities allow it to gather feeble light from astronomical objects.
Perseid Meteor Shower
The Perseid meteor shower, which occurs from mid-July to late August, is one of the greatest shooting star displays of the year. Even though the Perseids occur annually, the scene is already set for a potential Perseid meteor storm in 2028, so mark your calendars today!
The Perseid meteor shower is triggered by Earth passing through debris left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle, which last passed near Earth in 1992. Years with no moonlight have greater rates of meteors per hour, and outburst years (such as 2016) might have rates of 150-200 meteors per hour.
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A Perseid meteor shower happens as Earth travels through the debris track of comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, allowing particles left behind by the comet to impact with the atmosphere, resulting in dazzling streaks of light in the sky, according to the American space agency NASA.
The Perseid meteor shower, which orbits the sun every 133 years and streaks through the sky at 60 miles per second from mid-July to the end of August, peaked on August 12 and 13. across that weekend, people worldwide could see the Perseid meteor shower with their eyes or through a telescope.
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