APOD 1.2: Perseid Meteor over Albrechtsberg Castle

The picture, taken by SebastianVoltmer, shows a bright descending meteor from the yearly perseid meteor shower. Albrechtsberg Castle in Austria, located on the northern bank of the river Peilach and near the town of Melk, is an excellent location to view these annual meteor showers from, along with other night-sky beauties. On August 12, northern summer constellations such as Aquarius, Aquila, and Delphinus could be viewed. The trail of the meteor (entering Earth's atmosphere at 60 km per second as dust grains from the tail of the Swift-Tuttle comet) gesticulates to the constellation Perseus.