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Credit & Copyright: Sherry Buttnor
Explanation:
As meteor after meteor streaked across a moonless sky,
photographers across the world
snapped pictures of the
2001 Leonids Meteor Shower.
Many recognized this as the best meteor shower they had ever seen.
In fact, the
2001 Leonids was the most active
meteor shower since the mid-1960s.
The above photo captures three
Leonid meteors
crossing a photogenic
star-field.
On the far right is the
Pleiades
star cluster.
The brightest meteor
crosses right in front of the
Hyades star cluster, situated below the image center.
The bright star left of center is
Aldebaran.
The ten-minute exposure was taken near
Victoria,
British Columbia,
Canada at 2:45 am
PST on 2001 November 18.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with keywords: Leonids - pleiades
Publications with words: Leonids - pleiades
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