Fireball over Germany

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Photo of the AMS Event #4299-2017 over Germany taken from Italy by Ollie Taylor

From NASA - Astronomy Picture of the Day :

Explanation: The sky glows with soft pinkish colors of fading twilight in this serendipitous mountaintop vista. Taken in subfreezing temperatures, the thoughtfully composed photo shows snowy, rugged peaks seen from a mountain pass on November 14. Below lies the village of La Villa, Alta Badia in Italy's Dolomite Alps. Above the nestled village lights, the constellation Ursa Major hangs over the northern horizon. But most stunning is the intense fireball meteor. It was captured during the camera's exposure by chance as it flashed east to west across the northern horizon, under Ursa Major's familiar Big Dipper asterism. In fact, sightings of this major fireball meteor were widely reported in European skies, the most reported fireball event ever for planet Earth's American Meteor Society and the International Meteor Organization. The meteor's measured track over Germany is consistent with its origin near the active radiant of November's Taurid Meteor Shower. Taurid meteors are associated with dust from Encke's comet.

Ollie Taylor Photography

American Meteor Society - Meteor Activity Outlook for November 18-24, 2017

[asiliveandbreathe]

1. OMG..thank you..now set as my computer wallpaper....OMG - beautifull..

[Kaleva]

5. That's what I'm going to do with it!

[steve2470]

9. me too! nt

[RKP5637]

2. Finally, the rescue ship has arrived!

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3. Ancient Aliens

Thanks for reminding me it's on today.

[Cartoonist]

4. The Big Dipper

Nice photo. It also shows Ursa Major in nice detail. Note the stars in the handle. One of them is actually two stars. Try to see if you can see it when you are out at night.

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7. Mizar and Alcor. You can see them both in the picture.

The second star from the end of the handle. On a clear night you can split them with unaided eyes, as can be clearly seen here.

Mizar itself is a double, viewable through binoculars.

[elleng]

6. FABULOUS!

[Kaleva]

8. Another virgin gets impregnated

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10. Photographer's FB Page

https://www.facebook.com/pg/OllieTaylorPhotography/posts/?ref=page_internal

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11. Thanks for that.

I' ve spent the last 20 minutes looking at his work - it's really good.