C/2013 US10 (Catalina) & Geminid
Taken by Renato Sfalsin Passos on December 14, 2015 @
Brazil, 20ยบ latitude south
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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5100
Exposure Time: 2/1
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 6400
Date Taken: 2015:12:14 07:02:10
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Details:
A few minutes ago, when I fired the Intervalometer to another sequence of 20 photos of the Catalina comet, while the camera did the hard work I picked up the binoculars to check the visibility of the comet region because there were some cloudiness next to horizon.
It was then that a very quickly and bright line came up the binocular lens crossing the comet. I had caught a shooting Geminid in the dawn. It took a few seconds for me to realize that the camera characteristic noise when taking photos hinted there was a good chance that the Geminid was photographed. They were two seconds long shots with 1 second interval between them.
In fact, the shooting star Geminid not only was in the picture, but crossed practically on the comet! It was really lucky watch the meteor crossing a comet through binoculars and also take the picture.
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