Very lucky Geminid catch

[starman1969]

Taking a few quick pics of M31 and look what shows up one one of them. I'm guessing it was a very faint Geminid, otherwise I expect it would have blown out most of Andromeda. Just wondering if my wide-field camera picked it up as well.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice serendipitous catch

[happy-kat]

Great catch

[melsky]

Nice one, alignment looks right for a Geminid.

Mel

[symesie04]

Very nice serendipitous catch

Serendipitous now there is an under used word, maybe because "lucky" is just a hell of a lot easier to say

[Astro Imp]

Serendipitous now there is an under used word, maybe because "lucky" is just a hell of a lot easier to say

And spell 

To the OP, nice catch BTW.

[luna]

What camera did you use? That is the picture of the year.

I went out in my garden in sw London at 8pm to see the Geminids. In 30 minutes I saw 4 meteors. I was able to use them to identify the origin. I read that there would be more showers later in the evening.

Then I decided to return at 12 midnight in the knowledge that at worst I would double the number of viewings in 30 minutes. I saw nothing. What's going on?

[starman1969]

What camera did you use? That is the picture of the year.

I went out in my garden in sw London at 8pm to see the Geminids. In 30 minutes I saw 4 meteors. I was able to use them to identify the origin. I read that there would be more showers later in the evening.

Then I decided to return at 12 midnight in the knowledge that at worst I would double the number of viewings in 30 minutes. I saw nothing. What's going on?

Thanks. I used a D800E with a 200mm f2.8 lens for that. I was very surprised at the amount of detail in a single image. To get a Geminid flying past was the icing on the cake.

[Pete Presland]

that pesky Geminid has ruined your M31  very nice catch, right place and right time!

[Ninjagraham]

Wow. Nice picture, well done.