Eta Aquarid Meteor
Taken by Alan Dyer on May 5, 2014 @
near Portal, Arizona, USA
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 6D
Exposure Time: 36/1
Aperture: f/2.5
ISO: 3200
Date Taken: 2014:05:05 10:04:53
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This is the first time I've been able to capture a meteor from the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, thanks to my location last night, May 4/5, near Portal Arizona, under some of the finest skies on the continent. At home in Canada the shower's radiant is always low and the shower itself a disappoint from northerly latitudes. But last night I saw several Eta Aquarids in just casual glances skyward as I was busy shooting images of the Milky Way in the pre-dawn hours. This image is one frame from 600 forming a time-lapse sequence of the Milky Way rising. It captured the brightest of a handful of Aquarids the camera recorded last night, showing the meteor shooting out of Aquarius at left toward the Milky Way. Subsequent frames picked up a dim "smoke" trail dissipating over the next 2 minutes. But this frame nicely caught the entire meteor showing its change of colour of the ionization trail as it descended deeper into our atmosphere, typical of bright meteors.
Photographer's website:
http://www.amazingsky.net
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