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Good morning RP. Today's image is titled "Meteors, Comet, and Big Dipper over La Palma." This image composite was taken during the January 2019 Quadrantid meteor shower from La Palma, Canary Islands. The radiant point for the meteor shower is just below the handle of the Big Dipper. The "greener" streak is the Comet Wirtanen. Tonight's meteor shower will be near the Constellation Lyra.
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Thank you, my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA picture of the day for April 23, 2019 entitled "Meteors, Comet, and Big Dipper over La Palma."
Image: Meteors, Comet, and Big Dipper over La Palma -Image Credit & Copyright -Vincent Duparc
"Explanation: Meteor showers are caused by streams of solid particles, dust size and larger, moving as a group through space. In most cases, the orbits of these meteor streams can be identified with dust expelled from a comet. When the Earth passes through a stream, the particles leave brilliant trails through the night sky as they disintegrate in Earth's atmosphere. The meteor paths are all parallel to each other, but, like train tracks, the effect of perspective causes them to appear to originate from a radiant point in the distance. The featured image composite was taken during January's Quadrantid meteor shower from La Palma, one of Spain's Canary Islands, off the northwest coast of Africa. The Quadrantids radiant is visible just below the handle of the Big Dipper. A careful eye will also discern the faint green coma of Comet Wirtanen. Tonight is the peak of the modest Lyrid meteor shower, with several meteors per hour visible from dark locations with clear skies."
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Orlando Illi Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. CPT Jack Durish Capt Tom Brown CMSgt (Join to see) MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SGT (Join to see) Sgt Albert Castro SSgt Boyd Herrst] SSG Ray Adkins SGT Charles H. Hawes SSG Martin Byrne PO1 William "Chip" Nagel CPT Gabe SnellLTC Greg Henning
Image: Meteors, Comet, and Big Dipper over La Palma -Image Credit & Copyright -Vincent Duparc
"Explanation: Meteor showers are caused by streams of solid particles, dust size and larger, moving as a group through space. In most cases, the orbits of these meteor streams can be identified with dust expelled from a comet. When the Earth passes through a stream, the particles leave brilliant trails through the night sky as they disintegrate in Earth's atmosphere. The meteor paths are all parallel to each other, but, like train tracks, the effect of perspective causes them to appear to originate from a radiant point in the distance. The featured image composite was taken during January's Quadrantid meteor shower from La Palma, one of Spain's Canary Islands, off the northwest coast of Africa. The Quadrantids radiant is visible just below the handle of the Big Dipper. A careful eye will also discern the faint green coma of Comet Wirtanen. Tonight is the peak of the modest Lyrid meteor shower, with several meteors per hour visible from dark locations with clear skies."
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Orlando Illi Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. CPT Jack Durish Capt Tom Brown CMSgt (Join to see) MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SGT (Join to see) Sgt Albert Castro SSgt Boyd Herrst] SSG Ray Adkins SGT Charles H. Hawes SSG Martin Byrne PO1 William "Chip" Nagel CPT Gabe SnellLTC Greg Henning
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Great photo this morning of the "Meteors, Comet, and Big Dipper over La Palma." Amazing photography Bill! Good "Tuesday" Morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Thanks for the share and enjoy the rest of your day!
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