Long exposure streak of the OA6 AtlasV launch
About an hour before the OA6 AtlasV would launch, I started a time lapse sequence with the intention of getting a star-trail sequence and then the streak of the rocket, but clouds started moving in, and effectively obscured most of the stars. However, during the sequence, at 10:45pm (20 minutes before launch) a very bright shooting star / meteor shot across the sky to the east of the pad (to the right of the image).
The streak of the meteor happened to be visible though the clouds and was captured by the time lapse.
This is a merge of two images. The first image is a 20 second exposure, one of the time lapse frames, and through a break in the clouds you can see the streak of the meteor. The second image is a 163 second exposure of the #AtlasV rocket carrying the #OA6 ISS resupply #Cygnus capsule, launched by United Launch Alliance for Orbital ATK from 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla..
Long exposure streak of the OA6 AtlasV launch
About an hour before the OA6 AtlasV would launch, I started a time lapse sequence with the intention of getting a star-trail sequence and then the streak of the rocket, but clouds started moving in, and effectively obscured most of the stars. However, during the sequence, at 10:45pm (20 minutes before launch) a very bright shooting star / meteor shot across the sky to the east of the pad (to the right of the image).
The streak of the meteor happened to be visible though the clouds and was captured by the time lapse.
This is a merge of two images. The first image is a 20 second exposure, one of the time lapse frames, and through a break in the clouds you can see the streak of the meteor. The second image is a 163 second exposure of the #AtlasV rocket carrying the #OA6 ISS resupply #Cygnus capsule, launched by United Launch Alliance for Orbital ATK from 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla..