Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
A Leonids Star Field
Explanation:
As meteor after meteor streaked across a moonless sky, photographers [ http://leonids.hq.n…] across the world snapped pictures [ http://SpaceWeather…] of the 2001 Leonids Meteor Shower [ http://comets.amsme…]. Many recognized this as the best meteor shower they had ever seen. In fact, the 2001 Leonids [ http://science.nasa…] was the most active meteor [ http://www.nineplan…] shower since the mid-1960s. The above photo captures three Leonid meteors [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] crossing a photogenic star-field [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. On the far right is the Pleiades [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] star cluster [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. The brightest meteor [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] crosses right in front of the Hyades star cluster [ http://www.aspsky.o…], situated below the image center. Just left of center is the bright planet Saturn [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and the bright star below Saturn is Aldebaran [ http://www.astro.ui…]. The ten-minute exposure was taken near Victoria [ http://www.city.vic…], British Columbia [ http://www.gov.bc.c…], Canada [ http://www.cia.gov/…] at 2:45 am PST [ http://atm.geo.nsf.…] on 2001 November 18.
Credit and Copyright:
Sherry Buttnor [ mailto:catlover@ii.c a ]
keyword:
Leonids
keyword:
Pleiades
keyword:
2001
facet_where:
Mercury
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Canada
facet_where:
Victoria
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Mercury
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
COMETS
facet_what:
ALDEBARAN
facet_what:
Columbia
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap011120
Image ID:
104988
Resolution Size:
3
Format:
JPEG
Media Type:
Image
File Name:
Buttnor1.jpg
Width:
650
Height:
430

A Leonids Star Field

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