Starship Asterisk*

"The Land Before Time" I have been following and researching CometC/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) for several months now. I had a feeling there was going to be a good chance we could see it here in the Northern Hemisphere, And I knew just the spot I wanted to go to capture it. This is one of...

Mike Attas wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:17 pm I agree that the photo is magnificent. But I have a question. Was the meteor going left to right, or right to left? Is it possible to tell from the photo? From the trail colours?

in the photo, from right to left!

I love it when I can find something I recognize in the background stars. If you look closely you can see the beautiful Leo Triplet group of three galaxies just above center. They have been featured many times here at APOD, most recently April 18, 2019. The Leo Triplet was what I was trying to shoot...

https://flic.kr/p/2ksvz8u https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50839469726_e478692732_b.jpg Target was the Leo Triplets. Which you can barely see if you zoom in around the middle. Had just set up and was getting 1 minute subs @ f/2.8 and iso 3200. Focal Length 70mm. When we all saw a bright meteor l...