Streaking Meteor Dazzles Sky Over Kitt Peak Observatory

A meteor blaze lit up the night above Arizona’s Kitt Peak National Observatory, captured by Petr Horálek, NOIRLab Audiovisual Ambassador. The image frames the WIYN telescope domes and nearby constellations (Orion and Canis Major), illustrating how rare and difficult it is to photograph a meteor in motion and highlighting the observatory’s place on Tohono O’odham Nation land as part of NOIRLab.