Meteor Showers
2005 Southern Delta Aquarids
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This combination image has all the Southern Delta Aquarid meteors from 27th July to 2nd August 2005, 337 in total. Each meteor was
identified from the log file and adjusted so it pointed back to the radian of the shower. The star fields are not correct due to the
edge distortion of the wide angle lens used on the CCD video camera and 4 different frames stitched together.
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20050727
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20050729
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20050730
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20050731
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20050801
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20050802
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53 meteors
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70 meteors
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73 meteors
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61 meteors
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56 meteors
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24 meteors
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2006 Orionids
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This combination image shows about 240 Orionid meteors recorded on the 21, 22 and 23 of October 2006. An observer near my location ( John
Vetter, Mudgee Observatory ) reported that on the 23rd a large meteor left a train that remained visible for 25 minutes.
The Pleiades can just be seen right of centre, the Hyades further above right and Betelguese, the brightest star in the top right
corner.
The shower radiant is between Betelguese and Gamma Geminorum (out of field).
These meteors are from the debris left in Comet Halley's orbit.
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2007 Orionids
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This combination image shows 192 Orionid meteors recorded on the 16th to the 23rd of October 2007. Not quite as good as last year but
pretty good. Cloudy weather from 24th on.
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2007 Geminids
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This combination image shows 120 Geminid meteors recorded on the 13th and 14th of December 2007.
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