14 January 2011
This picture shows the Quadrantid Meteor Shower, which emits over 100 meteors per hour from 2003 EH1, a radiant meteor near Polaris. The Quadrantids were named after the obsolete constellation Quadrans Muralis. Two of the meteors show up in the time exposure as crossing star trails, which I found interesting because the stars were visible for hours on end, yet the meteors lasted only seconds and still seem as bright as the star trails.
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