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APOD: Perseid over Albrechtsberg Castle (2012 Aug 25)
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 4:05 am
by APOD Robot
Perseid over Albrechtsberg Castle
Explanation: Medieval
Albrechtsberg castle is nestled in trees near the northern bank of the river Pielach and the town
of Melk, Austria. In clearing night skies on August 12 it stood under
constellations of the northern summer, including Aquarius, Aquila, and faint, compact
Delphinus (above and right of center) in this west-looking skyview. The scene also captures a bright meteor above the castle walls. Part of the annual
perseid meteor shower, its trail points back toward the heroic constellation Perseus high above the horizon in the early morning hours.
Entering the atmosphere at about 60 kilometers per second, perseid meteors are swept up dust grains from the tail of
comet Swift-Tuttle.
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Re: APOD: Perseid over Albrechtsberg Castle (2012 Aug 25)
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:29 pm
by orin stepanek
I find it interesting that comet Swift-Tuttle had changed it's orbit due to evaporation from it's encounter near the sun!
Re: APOD: Perseid over Albrechtsberg Castle (2012 Aug 25)
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:04 pm
by emc
orin stepanek wrote:I find it interesting that comet Swift-Tuttle had changed it's orbit due to evaporation from it's encounter near the sun!
Orbital mechanics at work!
Good thing we have an atmosphere huh! For lots of reasons!
Great capture! Looks like the meteor is headed for the roof!
Re: APOD: Perseid over Albrechtsberg Castle (2012 Aug 25)
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 3:29 pm
by Moonlady
emc wrote:orin stepanek wrote:I find it interesting that comet Swift-Tuttle had changed it's orbit due to evaporation from it's encounter near the sun!
Orbital mechanics at work!
Good thing we have an atmosphere huh! For lots of reasons!
Great capture! Looks like the meteor is headed for the roof!
Right! I thought too the building looks like attacked!
Someone said in the forum : It is not meteor shower, it is meteor bombarding earth!!!
Re: APOD: Perseid over Albrechtsberg Castle (2012 Aug 25)
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 4:07 pm
by orin stepanek
Re: APOD: Perseid over Albrechtsberg Castle (2012 Aug 25)
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 7:53 pm
by Beyond
That's neat, orin. The water reflection is open sky. The view behind/above the building, is open space.
Re: APOD: Perseid over Albrechtsberg Castle (2012 Aug 25)
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 8:57 pm
by Moonlady
Beyond wrote:
That's neat, orin. The water reflection is open sky. The view behind/above the building, is open space.
Haha ha...I read
buggerspace....buggering space...something is not right!
Ah it's German: Burg-gespräche: castle -conservation....that happens with me too with German-Turkish
Maybe Ann or Chris experienced that too, when two or more language is used in daily life...
I cracked my scull trying to figure out how SO (32) looks like...sufluroxid 32 oh...it's Superstring heterotic strings....
Re: APOD: Perseid over Albrechtsberg Castle (2012 Aug 25)
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:09 pm
by JohnD
Monastery of Melk?!
Then the protagoist of "the Name of the Rose", Adso of Melk, was not a complete invention!
John
Re: APOD: Perseid over Albrechtsberg Castle (2012 Aug 25)
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 2:27 am
by Boomer12k
I was in Arizona in '89. I was getting ready to come back, and was outside a friends apartment in early morning, waiting for my bank to open so I can get some money for my trip. I was laying on a lounge chase at the pool....I was looking up to the south...and saw a meteor streaking red to the west...I took it as a good omen....it was....it was time to go home...
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