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Tail end of a Perseid meteor caught near Andromeda galaxy (M31). Waning moon means the sky is noisy plus the streetlights in Braintree hadn't yet gone off. 1 hour later and the sky was darker but cloudy.
13 August 2017 00:13 BST
Canon 700D
@ 10mm - 25 second exposure @ F4.
This image is a crop version of three of the time-shifted meteors from this image:
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricoshanchez/9501793661/]
Description and technical details are with the original
If you look close, it appears that the bright streak left center blinked out for a split second. Instead these are 2 meteors that occurred within 15 seconds of each other and burned out that close to some sort of epicenter. Bizarre. 2 images stacked at 15 seconds ISO 2000. This was Sunday night, which had less activity than Saturday.
If you don't believe it, just ask and I will post the 2 donor images.
This was one of the lucky shot. The Perseids were coming from different directions and not exactly just from the north eastern sky -- it was hard to guess where to point the camera. I regret not having a fisheye lens for this outing.
This was oriented to the east. It was hard to avoid the light pollution. Well, the only way to avoid it was to orient the camera north or south.
Exposure: 30 seconds
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
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It's not every year that you get the Perseids with good weather and no moon, so I had to take a shot.
I got away from the light pollution of Pine Mountain Lake, and staked out a hilltop for an hour and a half or so. I counted at least 40 meteors myself, and caught 15 or so on the camera.
Besides the physical conditions, I think that my settings were better this time. I opened up to F4.5 and increased the ISO to 8000. I had to drop the exposure time to 16 seconds, but the faster settings probably helped catch some of those fast meteors.
They're not ALL that fast, though. The longest trail spans 4 exposures, which is why it has some gaps.
The star trails look odd in this version because I didn't include frames with no meteors. Some frames are consecutive and others are minutes apart.
I may try some more careful processing tomorrow.
Friday 10/08/2018 the night was a clear so took my chances to see some meteors .... saw about 15. Sadly the weather has not been so great at the peak of the shower so glad I got to see a few on Friday night into Saturday morning.
The Perseid Meteor shower was a bust but Mother Nature didn't disappoint. A beautiful night regardless.
No editing of colours here. The meteor tail isn't very big, but I liked how it went from orange to green.
A big perseid meteor.
When we saw it live we all went Wooooow! It was like in the movies, a very big glowing stone falling and then the trail faded out slowly.
17mm. 30sec. F2.8 ISO1600.
Average of 10 shots for the grass and car to reduce noise. The sky taken from a single frame.
Taken on Sunday, August 11th, 2013 near Madrid, Iowa, a Perseid meteor streaks through the Milky Way section of the sky just before the clouds rolled in.
My birthday usually ends with the perseids, which is pretty cool. We went outside the town with Ovi, Claudiu and a bunch of other friends to see the meteor shower and take some night shots while being out there. I've learned my lesson on shooting stars. A shutter speed of 30s tops, and the aperture + the iso depending on the available light. Look closely to this image, i managed to capture a meteor without noticing until i got home. I also used my 430 speedlite to lit the trees. I must have fired my flash about 4 times.
Let me know what you think!
Another shot from the weekend trying to catch shooting stars, this is probably the clearest one that I got.
The trail to the right of the tower is actually a vapour trail left by a previous shooting star, which was probably the brightest of the night but occurred between frames. I must admit I had not realized how long the trail could last for as it showed up in the next 5 frames as well, each frame was about 20 seconds long.
Stayed out all night hoping for some shots of the Perseid Meteor Showers. Saw maybe a dozen, but only managed to get one in the frame and this is it! Did get to experiment with some light painting, and was pleasantly surprised with the results. The trees in the foreground were lit up just a bit with my flashlight just to add a little detail and dimension.
mikedooleyphotography.com/photography/light-painting-nigh...
Despite the moon, I was able to observe probably 20-30 meteors during the short time I watched. I decided to try a star trail version this year (vs. tracking) since the moon was so bright. I initially went with 1600 ISO (thinking I'd be able to catch the fainter trails) but had to back off to 800 ISO and 30 second subs. There are 4 streaks in here, but that 4th one is very tough to spot. You'll probably need to see it larger.
17mm, f/4, ISO 800, ~80x30s stacked with "StarTrails" software.
After the deluge of concert photos I thought it was time to get back to the review of 2017.
With the prospect of a clear sky on the night the Perseid meteor shower was to be at its height, we ventured back to Broadway tower, which proved to be a better location than we had expected for astro work.
First of several images and videos I'm working on from Sunday night at Glacier Point. I had three cameras running continuously from 10pm to 4am. I processed this image first because it will be the easiest.
This image contains 27 meteors; all time-shifted (by hand) to show how they originate from the same constellation (Perseus). Since Perseus appears to move through the sky during the night, a simple stack of the meteors would show a lot of randomness. By time-shifting them to correct for the apparent movement of the constellation, it is easier to see how they originate from the same area.
Shot from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park
Canon 5D MarkII, Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 at f/1.4. Each meteor exposure was 15s at ISO3200. Foreground was ISO400 for 135s taken just as the moon was setting.
After seeing it on flickr, I edited the original to change white balance on sky and brighten the image a tad
I was waiting to watch the perseid meteor shower, but I wasn't able to take photos of them because every time I looked up at the sky, they stopped crossing the sky.