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Perseus

OBSERVER: Ola Karlsson
COMPOSER: Ola Karlsson
DATE: 18 October 2013
POSITION: AZ: 050 00 00 ALT: 30 00 00
EXPOSURE TIME: 9x10s, combined
Perseus is a northern in the Milky Way situated constellation, which is circumpolar in Sweden. In greek mythology Perseus is the hero cutting of the head of Medusa. The story also includes Cetus, Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and Andromeda. Perseus is high in the sky during evenings of the first half of the winter. The open clusters M34, NGC869/884 can be seen in the image. One of the must trust wordy and strongest meteor shower has it's radiant in Perseus. It is active in the middle of August. The radiant is up all night, but the viewing geometry is better the closer to time is to the morning.
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