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Bright bolide streaks through the Hyades in night sky
Original: ☄️ Bolide! ☄️ Saved the best for last. As I was checking framing for a time lapse of Orion rising, a meteor came streaki
A sky-watcher in Australia caught a bright bolide on camera while setting up a time lapse of the constellation Orion rising. The meteor streaked through the Hyades star cluster, visibly shedding fragments as it burned through the atmosphere, and was captured mid-exposure on a single 30-second shot. The image is being shared widely among amateur astronomers and night-sky enthusiasts.
Why now: Rare, luck-captured photographs of bright fireballs are striking and circulate quickly among stargazers.
Evidence
- ☄️ Bolide! ☄️ Saved the best for last. As I was checking framing for a time lapse of Orion rising, a meteor came streaking through the Hyades cluster, visibly dropping bits as it did so. Happily the camera was in the middle of an exposure, so I caught it! Single untracked 30… · cafuego@misanthrope.social · 35
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