Our cover picture ...
... shows a Perseid on 12.8.2021 at 23:39 UT, photographed in Heckelberg-Brunow north east of Berlin. Camera Canon EOS6DaII, lens Sigma f=8mm, f/d=3.5. Exposure 59s, ISO 3200. The fireball left a train that was visible to the naked eye for over 1/2 minute. The photo series shows traces of the train up to the image taken 5 min after the fireball image. © Jürgen Rendtel