Observation by Alex Pratt: Short-trailed Orionid meteors

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Alex Pratt

Observer

Alex Pratt

Observed

2025 Oct 24 - 01:32

Uploaded

2025 Oct 30 - 12:19

Objects

Meteor

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 05^h12^m
Dec: +21°07'
Position angle: -26°28'

Field size

48° × 52°

Equipment

IMX291 IP board camera 6mm f/0.95 lens
Raspberry Pi4
RMS software

Exposure

25 frames/sec

Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire (Bortle 7)

Target name

Short-trailed Orionid meteors

Title

Short-trailed Orionid meteors

About this image

I like to record bright, short-trailed Orionids framed against their eponymous constellation. Poor weather thwarted observations for most of the Orionid maximum, then good examples were recorded as the skies improved.

The upper image shows the meteor pointing back to the radiant near gamma Gem. In the lower image the meteor zips above Betelgeuse. Patchy cloud ruined some other captures of brighter Orionids.

Files associated with this observation

ORI_20251024_0132_ARP.png (860.2 kB)

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