Fireball,Moon/Planets/Tiangong2
Taken by Gary on November 1, 2016 @
McDonald Observatory, TX
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Camera Used: SONY ILCE-6300
Exposure Time: 10/1
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 6400
Date Taken: 2016:11:01 20:14:32
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The McDonald Observatory 'Bash Visitors Center' always puts on a great 'Star Party' show. On the evening of Nov. 1st, just after the 'Twilight Program' we saw a nice Fireball meteor in the handle of the 'Big Dipper' that came from the North area around the bowl of UMi (Little Dipper). In the SW area were the new rising Crescent Moon with Venus/Saturn nearby and the Sco/Sgr/Oph core of the Milky Way in all its splendor. During the outdoor 'Star Party', Frank was pointing out the Northern sky with Polaris (North Star) and the bowl stars of UMi, Kochab and Pherkad. I was also able to get a shot of Tiangong-2 (2m) passing over the bowl area at 8:37pm cdt as seen in the 'highly processed' image (8s, iso 6400, Sony a6300, 16mm-50mm zoom lens).
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