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Perseid Meteor Deeside fgh2781jhp Perseid passing meteor shooting star Scotland Pleiades eastwards Scottish Deeside Aberdeenshire about 25 miles West of Aberdeen on the 13th August, looking in the direction of Torphins with the meteor heading for the Constellation of the Pleiades. Taken at 01.37.33UT [02.37amBST] and looking as if it is dissecting a passing satellite. Taken with Nikon D700 at 1250ISO for 38 secs using 24mm Nikkor f2.8 Manual lens at f2.8. This annual display is caused as the Earth passes through the remnants of a debris field left by the passing of the Comet Swift-Tuttle. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Torphins, east, landscape, Perseid, meteor, shooting, star, Comet, Swift-Tuttle, stars, Pleiades, constellation, night, sky, dark, summer, August, annual, astronomy, astronomical, DSLR, manual, time, exposure
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Clouds, Sunsets, Dawns and Weather
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Perseid Meteor Deeside fgh2781jhp
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Perseid passing meteor shooting star Scotland Pleiades eastwards Scottish Deeside

Aberdeenshire about 25 miles West of Aberdeen on the 13th August, looking in the direction of Torphins with the meteor heading for the Constellation of the Pleiades. Taken at 01.37.33UT [02.37amBST] and looking as if it is dissecting a passing satellite. Taken with Nikon D700 at 1250ISO for 38 secs using 24mm Nikkor f2.8 Manual lens at f2.8. This annual display is caused as the Earth passes through the remnants of a debris field left by the passing of the Comet Swift-Tuttle.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Torphins, east, landscape, Perseid, meteor, shooting, star, Comet, Swift-Tuttle, stars, Pleiades, constellation, night, sky, dark, summer, August, annual, astronomy, astronomical, DSLR, manual, time, exposure