Meteor Caught in the Act (MASCOT)
The trail of a bright meteor, photographed by the Mini All-Sky Cloud Observation Tool (MASCOT) at the ESO Paranal Observatory. MASCOT consists of a small CCD camera behind a fish-eye objective. It typically takes 90s exposures every 3 minutes and helps astronomers inside the VLT Control Room to keep an eye on the sky. The main purpose of MASCOT is to monitor the clouds over Paranal but it also observes from time to time serendipitous events like meteor showers, atmospheric phenomena, artificial satellites, etc. This image was obtained by MASCOT on August 25, 2002 and shows a meteor caught in the act. The Milky Way is also clearly visible in the centre.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | eso0424a |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 30 July 2004 |
Related releases: | eso0424 |
Size: | 2359 x 2089 px |
About the Object
Name: | Asteroid |
Type: | Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Trail : Meteor |
Category: | Fulldome Solar System |
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