The Perfect Shot! Photographer Captures Comet Neowise And A Meteor Shower In The Same Image
Some have captured comet Neowise and a meteor shower in the same images and they are nothing but stunning. Comet Neowise reaches its peak on July 22-23.
The big blue sky is turning out to be quite the escape for star gazers these days as spectacular events seem to be happening one after the other. Comet Neowise reaches its peak on July 22-23 and is visible in clear Northern Hemisphere skies and many meteor showers are active right now as well.
The result?
This mind blowing image captures the comet and a meteor shower. The moon is almost invisible making star gazing easier.
Spaceweather.com/Paul Martini
Eric Mack writing for CNet claims that he saw Comet Neowise clearly in the sky and within a span of 10 minutes saw two meteors whip by, ¡®including one that appeared to cut across the tail of Neowise¡¯. But he did not have his camera or his telescope with him.
However, a few managed to capture the stunning event of Comet Neowise and meteor showers in the same image. Another Wisconsin photographer captured the same sort of double feature Eric talks about.
According to American Meteor Society's Robert Lunsford, over a dozen meteor showers are active right now but only a few of them are likely to produce visible shooting stars this week.
Looks like I actually caught a meteor in the frame with Neowise last night! pic.twitter.com/eIyUjKluFh
¡ª Kelton Halbert (@tempestchasing) July 17, 2020
The Alpha Capricornids and Anthelion meteor showers both have the potential to produce multiple meteors per hour this week.
Delta Aquariid meteor shower reaches its peak between July 28 and July 29.
Earlier an image featuring an Aurora, comet Neowise and a meteor shower, shared by NASA went viral. Captured by Donna Lach in western Manitoba, Canada, the image not only shows the Neowise comet, but also has managed to capture a meteor passing by at the top.
NASA: Donna Lach
Lach said in a statement to NASA, ¡°I took several shots of the comet a few days prior with my zoom lens, and caught a whiff of aurora in a few shots. I had hoped the aurora forecast was right, since we had clear skies the previous night. I fought off mosquitoes as I waited for the never-ending dusk to show me what was in the sky. Finally, at about 11:30 p.m. CDT, the aurora and comet were both appearing, and I could see it was going to be epic.¡±
She added, ¡°I observed the incredible aurora for about three hours, and it sometimes stretched above me. At times Neowise was outshone by the brilliant aurora, but it was visible the entire time.¡±
In India, star gazers wait in hope to see comet Neowise as most days the sky is cloudy owing to the monsoon season.
