Monday 6 January 2020

Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2020



Composite image showing the two metors captured by the Canon 600d DSLR with EFS 18-55 lens  at f=18mm on a fixed tripod. Stacked 15 sec lights at ISO1600

Meteor to the right of Polaris the Pole Star

Meteor to the left of Alcor and Mizar
 "The Moon set at about midnight and in the following three hours I observed 24 Quadrantid Meteors over the Jodrell Plank Observatory. A few were quite bright and one left a trail that lasted for about a second. A good night to start the 2020 observing year!" Kurt Thrust acting CEO and current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.

For more information please follow the links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrantids 
https://sites.google.com/yahoo.co.uk/thelvst/sporadic-meteors-and-meteor-showers

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