Subaru Telescope Captures a Rare Meteor Cluster
Gemini North Identifies the Surprising Cause of a “Fizzled” Gamma-Ray Burst
July 27, 2021
The "meteor cluster event" captured by the "Subaru-Asahi Sky Camera" which occurred at 3:58 a.m. Hawai`i time on July 14 (1:58 p.m. UTC). In the foreground are the domes of other Maunakea Observatories. (Credit: Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and Asahi Shimbun Company)
Online viewers of the Subaru Telescope live stream were mesmerised by a cluster of more than a dozen meteors streaking across the dark Maunakea sky in quick succession, in the early hours of July 14th. The objects were also captured by the University of Hawaii’s all-sky camera on Haleakalā. The video is now being analyzed in detail by researchers.
Read more in the Subaru Telescope and University of Hawaii press releases. It was also featured on the KHON TV station. And check out the Subaru Telescope live feed from Maunakea.
