The Quadrantids and the first wishes of the year
The Quadrantids and the first wishes of the year
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Description
Meteors recorded at the Teide Observatory of the IAC between 06:13h and 06:38h UT (local Canary Island Time), on the 4th of January 2017. The brightest star, to the left, is Procyon (In Canis Minor), with Castor and Pollux (in Gemini) almost in the centre. The cluster which appears in the upper part of the frame is the Beehive cluster, in the constellation of Cancer. Most of the meteors recorded are Quandrantids.