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Pictures from 2001 Leonid Meteor Shower:
(click on images for larger view)
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18 Nov. 2001 - taken near San Jose, California
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Orion to the right of the bright meteor trail - notice 3 stars sloping
upward that are Orion's "belt" Sirius is the bright star rigth
below the meteor. M42 is the bright red object in Orion below the belt.
30 second exposure at F1.4 50mm lense (Camera: Cannon F-1 tripod mounted,
ASA 400 film) taken around 0150 PST 11/18/01 ("peak" of shower)
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This one's coming right at you....
Later in the evening, this bright Leonid is as bright as the one on the
left, but it's heading more or less straight down towards the viewer.
Note how bright the "head" of this meteor is.
30 second exposure at F1.4 50mm lense ASA 400
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many of the smaller meteors exhibited a color change this picture is a
segment of a larger frame that shows the trail changing from green to red
over the flight of the meteor. Note the larger one above doesnt show
this.
Scanned at 400dpi from color print. Stars are trailed on this 1 minute
exposure at F1.4 which shows substantial sky glow.
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2 small Leonid meteors. This is a segment of a larger frame scanned
at 400dpi. Note that one trail is green only, the larger one turns
yellow during flight.
Stars are trailed on this 1 minute exposure at F1.4
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