A trio of Perseid meteors streaking from left to right away from the radiant point in Perseus off frame at left, and down the summer Milky Way in Cygn


A trio of Perseid meteors streaking from left to right away from the radiant point in Perseus off frame at left, and down the summer Milky Way in Cygnus and Lyra. The meteors display the characteristic transition from green to red along their ionization path. The framing includes the Summer Triangle stars, Deneb, Vega and Altair. This is stack of three images selected from a set of 190 taken over 3 hours on August 13, 2023. Each is a 1-minute exposure at with the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 28mm and Canon Ra at ISO 1600, on the Star Adventurer Mini tracker. No filters employed. A mild Soft Focus effect added in post with Nik Collection Color Effects.


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Photo credit: © Alan Dyer / VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
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