Photo: Péter Komka/MTI
Posted on 11/08/2015 7:45:00 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Hungarian photographer Péter Komka wanted to capture the Halloween asteroid that looked like a skull, as it made its closest approach to Earth. What he got instead was a striking image of a meteor streaking across the sky.
Komka set up his camera gear on an equatorial mounted tripod near the medieval castle of Salgó, and took several long exposure shot of the night sky, hoping to get some good enough image of the 2015 TB145 asteroid. Sadly the spooky space rock was too faint and did not appear in his photos. But what he finally captured in one photo was even better.
Komka captured the long trail of a bolide, an extremely bright meteor that entered the atmosphere and exploded somewhere over Poland, and was observed by lot of people in Europe.
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Photo: Péter Komka/MTI
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Taurid Meteor Shower to Peak as New Moon Arrives
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/taurid-meteor-shower-fireball-new-moon-space-astronomy-viewing-conditions/53470549
Stargazers are in for a special treat this week as the Taurid meteor shower reaches its peak, producing bright fireballs in the night sky around the world.
This year is a particularly good year for viewing the Taurids as the peak of the meteor shower coincides with the new moon, occurring the night of Nov. 11 into Nov. 12.
(The radiant is just a little bit to the right of the Pleiades star cluster.)
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Thank you so much, SunkenCiv.
You’re welcome, and I agree. And I don’t even much care for terrestrial shots. ;’)
Interesting, maybe this is related.
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And, I agree with you!
Thanks very much, AGAIN!
I’m pretty sure it is.
Thanks! Saved me from having to look it up...
What luck that the meteor’s trail showed through the opening in that building!
Stargazers are in for a special treat this week as the Taurid meteor shower reaches its peak, producing bright fireballs in the night sky around the world.
This year is a particularly good year for viewing the Taurids as the peak of the meteor shower coincides with the new moon, occurring the night of Nov 11 into Nov 12 [Wed into Thurs].
The new moon will help limit the amount of light pollution, making the shooting stars appear even brighter than they would during any other phase of the moon. ..."
Thanks JH and ETL!
Sorry, Jack, for not rechecking the thread before posting the same article.
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