Observation by Steve Brown: Geminid meteor between Gemini and Auriga

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Steve Brown

Observer

Steve Brown

Observed

2024 Dec 14 - 06:03

Uploaded

2024 Dec 18 - 14:34

Objects

Meteor

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Constellation

Gemini

Field centre

RA: 07^h15^m
Dec: +27°36'
Position angle: +14°09'

Field size

46° × 27°

Equipment

Canon 550D

Exposure

10s exp, 18mm fl, f/3.5, ISO-800

Location

North Yorkshire, UK

Target name

Geminids meteor shower

Title

Geminid meteor between Gemini and Auriga

About this image

A Geminid meteor captured on the morning of 14 December 2024, between Gemini and Auriga. I didn't have much luck with the weather for the peak of the Geminids this year. The sky was totally clouded over for most of the night for me. I only got a clear spell in the early morning but I was able to observe for an hour before the sky got too bright with the approaching dawn. There was one advantage to this though, in that the nearly full Moon was setting at the time and so didn't interfere as much as it would have done earlier in the night. I did get to see a surprising number of Geminids.

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2024-12-14 ‏‎06.03 UT - Geminid meteor between Gemini and Auriga.jpg (2.5 MB)

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