Observation by Alex Pratt: eta Aquariid meteor - 20210502_022857

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Alex Pratt

Observer

Alex Pratt

Observed

2021 May 02 - 02:28

Uploaded

2021 May 03 - 15:05

Objects

Meteor

Equipment

IMX291 IP board camera 6mm f/0.95 lens
Raspberry Pi 4
RMS software

Exposure

25 frames/sec

Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire

Target name

eta Aquariid meteor - 20210502_022857

Title

eta Aquariid meteor - 20210502_022857

About this image

The radiant of the eta Aquariid meteors rises in the early hours, giving little time to observe them before the onset of dawn. They are swift, travelling at 66 km/s, and because their radiant is close to the horizon they often present long-pathed meteors streaking across the sky.

They are debris from comet 1P/Halley, which many of us observed during its return in 1985-1986.

Files associated with this observation

FF_UK000U_20210502_022856_691_0088064fr_75-125_ARP.gif (1.1 MB)

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