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Credit: Rick Scott
Explanation:
In the clear, dark and moonless predawn hours of
November 18,
Greenbelt, Maryland's local baseball field was packed.
The crowd stared skyward and occasionally conversed in hushed
and reverent tones.
"How many
did
you count?" a man asked.
Some had long since lost track ... but others were keeping score,
counting
hundreds of
Leonid
meteors in a short hour's worth of skygazing.
Farther to the west, near Florence, Arizona,
recreational
astronomers also gathered to enjoy
the
celestial show.
Taken from
that
location, this single, 10 minute, wide-angle exposure
captured a dozen or so Leonid meteors.
The shooting stars are clearly seen to be
streaming from the shower's
radiant point in the constellation Leo.
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Publications with keywords: radiant point - meteor shower - Leonids
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