Orionid Meteor Shower
Taken by Eugene Miller on October 21, 2012 @
A rooftop in Brooklyn, New York
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS REBEL T1i
Exposure Time: 10/1
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 800
Date Taken: 2012:10:21 05:19:41
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After a week of showers and clouds, the weather cleared, and the sky was magnificent for the Orionid Meteor Shower. Orion was framed by Jupiter above, and Sirius below. I arrived on the roof of my apartment building with my son, Kialash, at 5:00 AM. We viewed our first meteor, a very bright earth grazer, at 5:02 AM. We thought that such a wonderful sight, so early in our viewing period, portended for a wealth of meteors. However, the next exceptional sighting was an exploding fireball, just to the right of Jupiter, which appeared an hour and ten minutes later. Unfortunately both sightings were not captured by the camera. The earth grazer was below the cameras field of view, and the exploding fireball was just too far to the right of Jupiter to be caught by the camera. Upon examination of the photos, two faint meteors were found. It might have been the light pollution that made these two fine meteors appear faint. Even though not many meteors were viewed, it was a wonderful experience! Photo details: Canon EOS REBEL T1i camera, 800 ISO, 10 sec. exposures, f=5.6, focal length 20.0mm, manual exposure, Gitzo tripod.
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