A single Geminid meteor shoots through the Sword of Orion on the peak night of the Geminid meteor shower, December 13/14, 2017. At bottom is Sirius
A single Geminid meteor shoots through the Sword of Orion on the peak night of the Geminid meteor shower, December 13/14, 2017. At bottom is Sirius and Canis Major. Gemini itself is at left, while Cancer and the Beehive star cluster are at lower left. Procyon and Canis Minor is at lower centre. This is a stack of 3 exposures: one for the meteor and two for the yellow smoke train it left though it is subtle. The camera was on a Star Adventurer Mini tracker. Exposures were 1-minute each, with the Canon 24mm lens at and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 6400. Taken from Quailway Cottage near Portal, Arizona.
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Photo credit: © Alan Dyer / VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
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