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Backyard Astronomy: Searching for Quandrantids

“The Quandrantids Meteor Shower peaked this week on Jan. 4th. I wasn’t able to go out of the city so I set up in my backyard, which happily has one of its best night sky views pointed right at the meteor shower radiant.

Thanks to the strong light pollution of the city I only saw three bright ones and a few dim ones, though I did see one brilliant green meteor. So, where are all the meteors in this image? There actually is one very dim green one that I’m going to guess is the brilliant one but it barely registered above the city light pollution (good luck finding it, it’s near the branches on the left side of the center tree. Not quite exactly what I was hoping for, but at least I now have a cool night sky image from our backyard!”

January 6, 2012 in Fort Collins, Colorado, US.

Copy Credit : Michael Menefee

Source: Milky way scientists