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Summary:
Every year in early
November, Earth passes through a stream of debris from periodic
Comet 2P/Encke. This produces a slow shower of fireballs emerging
from the constellation Taurus. The 2009 Taurid meteor shower is
expected to peak between Nov. 5th and 12th with ~5 bright meteors
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Marsha Adams,
Sedona, AZ USA
Nov. 5, 2009 |
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At 0845UT one
of the first of the Taurid meteors came streaking down over
the famous Ship Rock in Sedona, AZ. It was visible in spite
of the bright moonlight.
Photo
details: Nikon
D700, 24mm lens, ISO 640, f2.8. |
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Brian Emfinger,
Ozark, Arkansas, USA
Nov. 7, 2009 |
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I caught this
(STA) Taurid Fireball around 10:20CT. I would estimate the
brightness around magnitude -10.
Photo
details: PC164CEX-2 w/ 2.9mm lens |
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Joe Westerberg,
Joshua Tree National Park, California
Nov. 4, 2009 |
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Taurid? A bright
fireball... unfortunately it didn't translate as a bright
fireball on my camera. More like a faint streak.
Photo
details: Nikon
D80, 28mm wide angle lens. |
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John Chumack,
Dayton, Ohio USA
Nov. 3, 2009 |
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Despite the Full Moonlight, I managed to capture several Taurid Meteors last night, the shower is now well underway peaking on the 4th of November 2009.
Simply look between bright stars Capella and Aldeberan toward the radiant in Taurus. Captured with my all sky video cameras mounted on my backyard observatory in Dayton, Ohio USA.
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