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Geminids of the North Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171215.html #Gminids #MeteoShower #Astrophotgraphy #NghtSky#Space #Asronomy #MlkyWay#China #InnerMngolia#MUSER #RadioTeescope Sirius #Betlgeuse Castor Pollux Gemini #APOD

A stunning composite image of the Geminid meteor shower captured over the MUSER radio telescope in Inner Mongolia, China. The Milky Way stretches across the sky with numerous meteors streaming away from the radiant in Gemini, the constellation of the Twins. Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, shines brightly above the radio dish. The shower's radiant is at top left, near the twin stars Castor and Pollux in Gemini.
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rth's annual Geminid meteor shower did not disappoint as our fair planet plowed through dust from active asteroid 3200 Phaethon. Captured in this northern hemisphere nightscape, the meteors stream away from the shower's radiant in Gemini. To create the image, 37 individual frames recording meteor

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