Very Bright Tumbling Meteor streaking through South facing Milky Way Shot (Rashi)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph) · Contains: Extremely wide field

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Very Bright Tumbling Meteor streaking through South facing Milky Way Shot

• Photographer: Rashi [Bay Area, CA]

• Image Title: Very Bright Tumbling Meteor streaking through South facing Milky Way Shot

• Date: 12:14 AM, Monday, July 1, 2019

• Event: Golden State Star Party 2019

• Location: Near Adin, CA and Bieber, CA

• Direction: South ward looking exposure

• Meteor path: South South West to West

• Camera: Sony Alpha 6000

• Lens: 16-50mm stock lens, used at widest 16mm setting

• Exposure: 3 Image HDR composite (on Camera) - 10 Second Exposure (Stationary Non-Tracking Mount)

• Blurb - What was so unique about the meteor streak:

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[li]-- Very bright meteor that travelled from SSW towards the West getting relatively low before exploding in the western sky - streaking whistle and explosion was slightly audible (explosion was not caught in the image)

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[li]-- The meteor streak was so bright that we could see our own shadows. You can also see the brightness of the 'green' burn in the reflected light on the windshields of the parked vehicles in the capture image.

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-- The most UNIQUE and Interesting fact of the capture - the meteor probably was of an irregular shape, and you can see the tumbling and pulsating burning artifact of the meteor as you zoom into the start of meteor streak all the way till it gets super bright

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-- Jupiter and Saturn are both bright and visible in this image, including many other south facing heavenly artifacts. Jupiter is right by the front hoof of the dark prancing pony (aka dark horse) [the brightest dot] and Saturn is to the left of the milky way right below the Sagittarius spoon [the second brightest dot]

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