Thursday, November 19, 2009

APOD 2.2

This week’s apod blog post surrounds the Leonid meteor shower that I happened to observe. This photo is taken from the shore of Mono Lake. The salty and mineral-laden lake is situated in California’s eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range. The brightest star that is located to the right of the meteor streak is called: Arcutrus. The reports for the meteor shower were about 120 meteors per hour, but rates were typically lower for many other locations. See Explanation.  Clicking on the picture will download  the highest resolution version available.

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