[AZ-Observing] Re: The Geminid Meteors - Photographic Results
- From: "Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)" <mrgalaxy@xxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:34:36 GMT
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No tomatoes, Chris, but kudos on some nice captures!
I wonder if meteor #4 was the one I estimated at about -4 magn, about as bright
as Venus? It was pretty much overhead for me, as I recall. The Geminids were
certainly scattered over the sky, though I saw a preponderance of them to the
south. I would estimate that about 25% of the Geminids in this shower from my
location were within a few degrees of the horizon.
Looking forward to the lunar eclipse this Monday!
Clear skies,
Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)
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From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: The Geminid Meteors - Photographic Results
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:11:48 -0500
Chris,
Nice sequence. I bet all 10 of those meteors were at least as bright as
magnitude -2. I tried the fisheye for only a few exposures at Picketpost. One
meteor was magnitude 0 or so, and it just barely showed up. As you mention,
the 2mm aperture doesn't help. I wonder how bright meteor #4 was.
Tom
---- Chris Schur <comets133@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> This has been a huge project from start to finish for me, and its taken me
> quite a few evenings to put this write up together! I have never been a die
> hard meteor imager, and every year I keep on trying hoping I will not be
> skunked and get no meteors in hundreds of promising exposures. This years
> Geminids were a surprise, I got 10 bright meteors over two nights of
> recording over 90 frames, each 5 minute exposures with the 8mm Fish eye lens
> and canon XTI. I wasnt quite sure how to show you this bounty so it would
> make sense, but here is my best shot at that - either full frame shots if the
> sky was beautiful at the time, or a small crop around the meteor to show it
> at its best. I tried to get the horizon in every crop, for aesthetics. Take a
> look at these, and then you can throw your tomatoes at me! ;)
>
> Clear Skies,
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> Chris
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> Schur's Web Portal: http://www.schursastrophotography.com
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