Monday, January 14, 2013

Leonid meteor shower captured by stargazers | Reduction

Leonid meteor shower captured by stargazers

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The Leonids are an annual meteor display of shooting stars that appear to radiate from the constellation Leo. They are created when Earth crosses the course of particles from the comet Tempel-Tuttle, which turns with the inner solar system every 33 years. This year, the Leonids are offering an especially excellent program because the moon is only in its crescent phase right now (so its light isn't really too bright to clean out the meteors) and it sets in the west long prior to the constellation Leo starts to increase into the night sky. One skywatcher, photographer Scott Tully in rural Connecticut, was pleased to snap a picture of a bright Leonid meteor as it streaked overhead simply after 5 a.m. EST on Saturday. He summed the experience up in one word: "Amazing!". Another observer, Mike Hankey of Freeland, Md.

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