Leonid Meteor Shower (2002)
At least four meteors can be seen in this image from the Leonid Meteor Shower on 19 November 2002. Note that all meteor trails can be traced back toward the radiant in the Constellation Leo. These meteors are the result of cometary debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle that are located in the path of the Earth's rotation around the Sun. Every year, the Earth passes through this patch of cometary debris in space and the Leonid Shower is observed. Leonid meteors appear to radiate from a point in space within the constellation Leo. Both images on this page were taken with a 50mm f/1.4 lens, Olympus OM-1 camera, 60 seconds using Kodak Max 800.
The image below was also taken during the Leonid Shower but is actually a sporadic meteor, not associated with the shower. A very faint Leonid Shower meteor can be seen to the left of the brighter trail. The bright object in the image below is Jupiter.
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