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Sources and images

Shooting stars in October: the Draconids in the night of 8 to 9 October and the Night of the Night on 24 October

Sources

• hemel.waarnemen.com: De meteorenzwerm Draconiden in oktober 2026
• National Geographic Nederland: 8 bijzondere hemelverschijnselen om in oktober te bekijken
• NASA: 21P/Giacobini-Zinner
• Nacht van de Nacht (Natuur en Milieufederaties): Home
• Nacht van de Nacht (Natuur en Milieufederaties): Activiteiten
• Staatsbosbeheer: Avondwandelingen

Image credits

• A Perseid over the Luhasoo bog in Estonia, 12 August 2015, with light pollution on the horizon. Archive photograph; not a Draconid and not in the Netherlands. Photo: Martin Mark, CC BY-SA 4.0.

  File and provenance · Martin Mark · CC BY-SA 4.0

  Resized and converted to WebP; no changes to the content.

• A Perseid over Schiermonnikoog, 11 August 2024. Archive photograph; not a Draconid. Photo: Sorrigati, CC0.

  File and provenance · Sorrigati · CC0

  Resized and converted to WebP; no changes to the content.

Holland Magazine editorial team · 6 October 2026