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A bright random meteor (random, not a shower meteor) caught by accident on one frame of a 110-frame time-lapse animation of circumpolar star motion. A wisp of green aurora appears at right. Cassiopeia is at left.

Technical:
Taken January 30, 2005, with Canon 300D Digital Rebel camera, with 10-22mm lens at 10mm at f/3.5, 2 minute exposure at ISO400. Moonlight provides the illumination (it had risen about a hour before). Reprocessed in 2025.
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© 2005 Alan Dyer
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Meteors & Zodiacal Light
A bright random meteor (random, not a shower meteor) caught by accident on one frame of a 110-frame time-lapse animation of circumpolar star motion. A wisp of green aurora appears at right. Cassiopeia is at left. <br /> <br /> Technical:<br /> Taken January 30, 2005, with Canon 300D Digital Rebel camera, with 10-22mm lens at 10mm at f/3.5, 2 minute exposure at ISO400. Moonlight provides the illumination (it had risen about a hour before). Reprocessed in 2025.