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Photographer:

Chris Peterson

Location of Photo:

Guffey, Colorado, USA

Date/Time of photo:

1 Sep 2007, midnight to dawn

Equipment:

Video allsky camera, PC164C with fisheye lens.

Description:

The image is a digital composite of 49 Aurigid meteors captured the morning of the shower. Nearly all occurred over about one hour, and a double peak of activity was detected, the first at UT 11:20 and the second at UT 11:35. The first peak showed a rate of over 100 meteors per hour brighter than mag 2.

Website:

http://www.cloudbait.com/science/aurigid2007.html

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