... Its greenish trail begins just left of a yellow-tinted Betelgeuse and points back to the shower's radiant in Gemini, just off the top of the frame. ...
... streaks clearly seem to radiate from a single point on the sky near Gemini's twin stars Castor and Pollux at the lower right ... Near the radiant point, an extra star in Gemini is actually the flash of a meteor seen almost head-on. ...
... Streaking past familiar stars in the handle of the Big Dipper , the trail points back toward the constellation Gemini, off the top of the view. ...
... The best viewing is after midnight in a dark, moonless sky, with the shower's radiant constellation Gemini well above the horizon - a situation that favors skygazers in the northern hemisphere . ...
... Later many optical telescopes, including the 8-meter Gemini North telescope in Hawaii, began playing along by tracking the optical counterpart. ...
... At bottom right, bright star Sirius shines at the tip of an alarmingly tall tree. Tomorrow's picture: When Gemini sends stars . < | Archive | Index | ...