Perseid Meteor 8/12/08

A crop and enhacement of a Perseid Meteor I caught, one of the best and brightest I saw and captured during the August 12, 2008 Perseid Meteor Shower.
Original: www.flickr.com/photos/aresauburnphotos/2757548369/in/set-...

weather.thefuntimesguide.com/2009/11/meteor_showers.php

themightysparrow.com/index.php/2009/07/23/upcoming-northe...

Comments and faves

  1. ★

    Spiegel, de elia artista, BrnLng, kameraguy, and 16 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Computer Science Geek (46 months ago | reply)

    Nice one!

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    Seen in the group" The World Through My Eyes - Post 1 / Comment Any 1" (?)

  3. Mike Seliske (46 months ago | reply)

    the stars are so bright! you must have been pretty lucky to get this one. In the city, even a smaller city like Waterloo the light polution makes a shot like this impossible.

    Great Work!

  4. Kellie Sides (46 months ago | reply)

    I laid in a field for three hours and watched that meteor shower.
    I was gonna take pictures, but I totally forgot because I was too busy looking at the sky.
    :]

  5. aresauburn™ (46 months ago | reply)

    Hey thanks for the comments!! I took more than 250 photos, and got a couple of decent shots. Yeah Kellie, all the action in the sky can be distracting!! :)

  6. xavier fin des études ! (46 months ago | reply)

    This is a Great Photo!!!

    You Are Invited to Join Totally Awesome Pictures [Post 1 / Award 3]

  7. astrometry.net (44 months ago | reply)

    Hello, this is the blind astrometry solver. Your results are:
    (RA, Dec) center:(338.832, 58.6073) degrees

    (RA, Dec) center (H:M:S, D:M:S):(22:35:19.680, +58:36:26.280)
    Orientation:31.47 deg E of N

    Pixel scale:106.69 arcsec/pixel

    Parity:Reverse ("Left-handed")
    Field size :10.58 x 14.82 degrees

    Your field contains:
    The star ζCep
    The star ιCep
    The star δCep
    The star αLac
    The star Garnet Star (μCep)
    The star εCep
    The star βLac
    The star 9Lac
    The star 1Cas
    The star 4Cas
    IC 1396
    NGC 7380
    IC 1470
    NGC 7635 / Bubble nebula
    NGC 7654 / M 52

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  8. biggestpluto (34 months ago | reply)

    awesome

  9. badlyricpolice (34 months ago | reply)

    Thank you for marking this Creative Commons. It has been used in a blog about upcoming events in the Portland area. Describe the Ruckus.

  10. aresauburn™ (34 months ago | reply)

    Hey thanks everyone for the continuing comments and favs!

  11. raccoon-00 (33 months ago | reply)

    I don't know how you did it. Nice catch. When we watched, we would all gasp, and then its gone.

  12. primadonna926 (22 months ago | reply)

    Very nice! I need to get away from the city lights to try and shoot these next year! :)

  13. This photo was invited and added to the Creative Commons- Free Pictures group.

  14. Fly For Fun (15 months ago | reply)

    Great shot. I used it under Creative Commons for this blog post:

    www.gadling.com/2011/03/11/cockpit-chronicles -six-surreal...

    Well done!

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