Halley's Comet dazzles from afar in spectacular astrophoto of Orionid meteor shower
This incredible composite image of Orionid meteors was captured as Earth passed through the debris trail shed by Halley's Comet.
Astrophotographer Tim McCollum captured a breathtaking image of Orionid meteors streaking across the night sky near Toccoa, Georgia, on October 21. Despite being over 3 billion miles away from Earth, Comet 1P/ Halley put on a spectacular display as its particles created a fiery path through the autumn sky. McCollum photographed three vivid meteors, each racing away from their apparent point of origin - near the red giant star Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion.
To capture the meteors, McCollum used a Canon EOS Ra camera with an RF 28-70mm f2.0 lens, which was fixed on the radiant using a star tracker. The individual exposures were combined into a single composite image using astrophoto software PixInsight. The Orionid meteor shower is active until November 7, so stargazers have a chance to spot these dazzling shooting stars in the coming nights.
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