[NASA] APOD: 2026 August 12 – Perseids over a Little Planet

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Perseids over a Little Planet

Explanation: It looks like a view from the

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‘s planet. The

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is a throwback to the

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, surrounded in this

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by the

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in

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. Visible in the sky is the arch of the

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, along with several

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in red and over a hundred meteors pointing to the

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. The Perseids are

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and quite popular in the Northern Hemisphere summer. (Watching meteor showers in the winter is less convenient for a

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). This year they are expected to offer an even more dazzling spectacle than usual, because the

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coincides with a

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. The 2026 Perseid meteor shower will peak tonight with as many as

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, when the Earth’s path crosses through debris left behind by

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. Typically, the

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for seeing the meteors are between midnight and pre-dawn. You won’t need binoculars to

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, but a lawn chair and a dark sky location help.

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Date	August 12, 2026
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