Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Gemini (Gem)  ·  Contains:  IC 443  ·  The star Propus (ηGem)
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Jellyfish Nebula with Quadrantid Meteor, Shannon Calvert
Jellyfish Nebula with Quadrantid Meteor
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Jellyfish Nebula with Quadrantid Meteor

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Jellyfish Nebula with Quadrantid Meteor, Shannon Calvert
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Jellyfish Nebula with Quadrantid Meteor

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This was an interesting session: it was really cold and windy, and I had a ton of work to do, but it was the only clear night of the week. So I setup a scope in my backyard to let the camera run while I continued working. A failed AC adapter left me unexpectedly running on battery power without full charges, and I figured there was no way my autoguider was going to hold the heavy Takahashi steady while twigs were falling and my camera strap was flapping around. Surprisingly, out of 103 exposures I only lost 4. Better still, the second frame caught a bright Quadrantid meteor! Perserverence paid off.

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Jellyfish Nebula with Quadrantid Meteor, Shannon Calvert