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Did a quick animation from 132 frames shot in the back garden last night. Hopefully there will be a few more clear nights in the next week or so.
Perseid Shower 23:10 hrs 12th August 2015 over Formby, Sefton.
Canon EOS 6D with Tamron f2.8 17-35mm wide andle lens. Image shot at 17 mm and f2.8 for 30 seconds at ISO 800
First time doing this, quite pleased at the results. Especially since I live in Flanders, which is just hell when it comes to light pollution. Luckily I do live in an area which does allow for some cool stargazing, but still, I had a lot of trouble with surrounding street lights.
Spectacular Perseid fireball captured during the peak of the shower on the night of 12-13 August 2015. I estimated the meteor to be at least magnitude -5 and it was a distinctive bright pink colour. It also left a train (meteor afterglow) lasting 15 seconds. This too showed a pink colouration, gradually fading to grey. Unfortunately, the meteor travelled below the frame of the camera so the picture does not show all of it. The bright star Altair in Aquila is above the meteor and the small constellation Delphinus can be seen to the left. I took this image with a Canon 600D on a static tripod.
3 layers lined up using difference blend then each meteor cropped and blended with lighten mode and levels in PS
I went back up to Vista House last night (actually, this morning) at midnight and stayed until 2:30. The place was packed! And the Columbia River Historic Highway was busier than I've ever seen it.
Here're some pro-tips from me to you: if you ever show up at a meteor shower watching party, don't keep your headlights on while you hang out next to your car. Also, don't walk around shining a flashlight in everyone's face to see if you can find your friends. Finally, put your fucking phone in your pocket, look up and shut up (except to go, "oh" and "ah!").
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.
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 upper streak is a Perseid - characteristic colour changes - the lower is a plane with flashing port and starboard lights.
Not a very good meteor trail capture but I saw this one fly over and I have no doubt it is a Perseid meteor. Notice that the meteor trail is partly obscured by clouds that are reflecting ambient light from civilization. The meteor looked much brighter to the eye. We have such sensitive eyes! Thank you Heavenly Creator.
A meteor from the Perseid Meteor Shower 12th August 2015. This one passed in front of the the Milky Way.
This was a fun shoot and a quiet night with friends on Rainier while watching the Perseid Meteor Shower.
If you watch Rainier, you can see climbing parties summiting. At the end just before it fades out there's a bit of a jump where I had to reload the battery -- I tried moving the images to line up better, but it turns out I also tilted the camera slightly when I did that. Still learning :)
This pretty meteor left a smoke trail that was visible for about one minute after it incinerated. Note the Pleiades just peeking up above the tree. There were lots of meteors last night. Most I caught on camera were either faint or only partially captured. This one was kind enough to cross right in front of my camera.