According to the NAOJ website, the Subaru Telescope is a very large optical infrared telescope and one of the largest monolithic mirrors in the world that was installed close to the peak of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
When the Perseid meteor shower peaked on August 12 and 13, people all over the world turned their attention to the night sky, including this one telescope in Hawaii, United States, which uncannily captured an impressive sight.
By chance, the Subaru Telescope in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, which was filming the Perseid meteor shower as it was occurring at its height, also caught a procession of 15 dots flying through the night sky. No, these weren’t natural phenomena or extraterrestrial spacecraft; instead, they were Space X’s Starlink satellites.
See the video right here!
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The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) uploaded the video on August 17 on YouTube with the statement, “A group of 15 satellites by SpaceX (STARLINK) passed the evening sky over Subaru Telescope, Maunakea, Hawaii, on Aug 12, 2023.”
“During the peak days of the Perseid Meteor Shower, we performed a special live streaming of the night sky over the Subaru Telescope. By chance, the live camera caught this view. They were quite striking and dazzling, it continued.
According to the NAOJ website, the Subaru Telescope is a very large optical infrared telescope and one of the largest monolithic mirrors in the world that was installed close to the peak of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Therefore, it can capture dim light from heavenly objects thanks to its strong light-collecting capability.
Perishing star shower
A Perseid meteor shower, according to the American space agency NASA, happens when Earth travels through the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle’s debris track, allowing particles left behind by the comet to interact with the atmosphere and produce dazzling streaks of light in the sky.
The Perseids, which orbit the sun once every 133 years and flash through the sky at a speed of 60 kilometers per second from mid-July to the end of August, reached their peak on August 12 and 13. Over that weekend, people from all over the world may use a telescope or their own eyes to see the Perseid meteor shower.