Cold Shower

This image is a composite of a foreground image plus the far right meteor streak (and) three other separate meteor streaks during the peak time of the Orionid Meteor Shower early Sunday morning, October 21, 2012. The main image/right meteor was shot at 2:03 AM. The three other streaks from left-to-right occurred at 2:11 AM, 2:05 AM and 2:20 AM. The main image was a 71-second exposure at f/3.5, 400 ISO and 18mm focal length. At upper right is the nearby constellation Orion, from whence the meteor shower gets its name. At lower right is the -1.47 magnitude star Sirius. At upper left are the two Gemini stars, Castor (top) and Pollux. Castor was shining at magnitude 1.56 and Pollux at 1.15. The location for this east-viewing image was at the T-intersection of White Road and North Marion Road (left-to-right), about four miles north of Marion, Iowa. Despite my being well insulated with several layers of warm clothing, inactivity while watching the shower--which was rather unimpressive overall--began to allow the 37 degree F temps to slowly creep through. I became chilled to the bone, with no real bright fireballs or bright streaks captured.