Observation by Steve Brown: Sporadic meteor in Perseus

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Steve Brown

Observer

Steve Brown

Observed

2025 Aug 09 - 02:33

Uploaded

2025 Aug 12 - 17:46

Objects

Meteor

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 04^h04^m
Dec: +27°55'
Position angle: -43°42'

Field size

66° × 40°

Equipment

Canon 550D
Samyang 16mm lens

Exposure

10s exp, 16mm fl, f/2.0, ISO-400

Location

North Yorkshire, UK

Target name

Sporadic meteor

Title

Sporadic meteor in Perseus

About this image

I captured this colourful meteor while hunting for Perseids on the night of 9-10 August 2025. It isn't a Perseid as it doesn't line up with the radiant point from which those meteors emanate. Rather, it is a random, or sporadic, meteor. It is passing through the constellation of Perseus. Below it can be seen the Pleiades and Hyades open clusters in Taurus.

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