Geminid Meteor over Captain Cook's Monument
Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, UK.
Last night I travelled to Captain Cook's Monument to try to capture a Geminid meteor. The conditions weren't ideal due to a waxing gibbous moon polluting the sky with light and drowning out faint meteors. It did light up the foreground a treat though so I can't complain too much.
The bright star dominating the sky isn't actually a star, thats Jupiter! The bright star to the right of the monument is Sirius, the brightest star in our night sky. The constellation on the right is Orion the Hunter which is only in visible in the northern hemisphere during the winter months. The two bright stars just above Jupiter make up the heads of the twins, Gemini. The meteor is clearly radiating from this constellation, hence its name, Geminid meteor shower.