巨石陣上空的英仙座流星
Perseid Meteors over Stonehenge
來源：Josh Dury｜發表日期：2024-08-12
巨石柱上方的天空發生了什麼？流星雨：特別是英仙座流星雨。幾天前的晚上，天色暗下來之後，人們分別拍攝了今年英仙座流星雨的許多流星影像，然後將它們合併到一個畫面中。雖然這些流星都是沿著筆直的軌跡飛行，但在捕捉相機的廣角鏡頭下，這些軌跡顯得有些彎曲。這些流星條紋都可以追溯到天空中的一個點，即輻射點，這裡的輻射點就在畫面上方的英仙座。同一臺相機還拍攝了背景天空的深度影像，使銀河系的中心帶幾乎垂直穿過影像中心。這張特寫圖片是從英國威爾特郡拍攝的，注意在底部包括了著名的天文紀念碑巨石陣。雖然英仙座流星雨昨晚達到了頂峰，但在接下來的幾個晚上應該還能看到一些英仙座流星。
原文：What's happening in the sky above Stonehenge? A meteor shower: specifically, the Perseid meteor shower. A few nights ago, after the sky darkened, many images of meteors from this year's Perseids were captured separately and merged into a single frame. Although the meteors all traveled on straight paths, these paths appear slightly curved by the wide-angle lens of the capturing camera. The meteor streaks can all be traced back to a single point on the sky called the radiant, here just off the top of the frame in the constellation of Perseus. The same camera took a deep image of the background sky that brought up the central band of our Milky Way galaxy running nearly vertical through the image center. The featured image was taken from Wiltshire, England, being careful to include, at the bottom, the famous astronomical monument of Stonehenge. Although the Perseids peaked last night, some Perseid meteors should still be visible for a few more nights.
※ 本文由萌芽機器人自動轉貼自每日一天文圖（Astronomy Picture of the Day，APOD），原文為英文，正體中文是透過 DeepL 翻譯及 OpenCC 進行自動處理，內容僅供參考，若有任何錯誤之處還請見諒！
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