Geminid meteor shower
Geminid Meteor Shower
This was my first attempt at shooting a meteor shower! The images were created at Cape Schanck between 1:30am till 4am on the 14th of December. The meteors that are burning up in our atmosphere are caused by trails of dust left behind by the object 3200 Phaethon.
Bonus points if you can spot the head of the gemini constellation - Castor and Pollux. Castor is where this particular meteor shower appears to originate from in the night sky. Only the bright meteors were caught on camera due to the lighthouse blowing out some of the smaller trails.
Target Details
Constellation: Gemini
Right ascension: 07h 28m
Declination: +32°
Acquisition Details
Meteor images
ISO3200
f/2.8
20sec
16mm
Foreground image
ISO640
f5.6
80sec
16mm
Hardware
Canon6D
Manfrotto tripod