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Hi All!
Have you been lucky spotting any shooting stars?
I'm thrilled as I caught some with my camera, alas I did not manage to see any as the last few nights were cloudy until after 1-2am. My camera was willing to stay up after 2am, but I had to go to bed!
Here are some of my shots!
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Catching Perseids! Night of Aug 12th and 13th 2014![/caption]
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Catching Persids! Night of Aug 12th and 13th 2014[/caption]
I stacked all the images I took that night to produce some startrails - you should be able to see perhaps 6 Perseids as well as a couple of satellites and the ISS.
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Startrails of the night of the 12-13th August, when I left my camera in the patio to catch some Perseids. 455 stacked images.[/caption]
Finally, I also created a timelapse with the photos I took! I hope you enjoy it 🙂
Sumitra
Posted : 14/08/2014 11:35 am
Thanks Sumitra, great images. I've already posted my claim on another thread, but here it is again!
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Perseid Cudham August 13/14 2014[/caption]
Posted : 14/08/2014 11:47 am
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I'd not seen your original thread, sorry!!
Wow!! That's a long one, Mike! Puts my babies to shame! 😉 I'm glad it was a successful night in Cudham, I was there in thoughts, and was sad I couldn't make it!
Posted : 14/08/2014 11:49 am
I took a risk by pointing one of my cameras to the south-east, well away from the radiant. That way, though I had less chance of picking up a Perseid, any that I did pick up would most likely have a long trail.
Posted : 14/08/2014 11:58 am
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Thanks for this insight, Mike!
From my patio, I was quite limited in where I could point my camera to, with the Moon on one side, city centre light pollution on the other and also the wall of my house! I am lucky that my patio is facing away from the city centre though!
But, importantly, did you catch it with your own eyes too??
Posted : 14/08/2014 12:09 pm
did you catch it with your own eyes too?
I saw 6 or 7 meteors during the evening... think I may have seen the one that I captured on camera, but not certain!
Posted : 14/08/2014 12:46 pm
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I saw 6 or 7 meteors during the evening… think I may have seen the one that I captured on camera, but not certain!
Fantastic!! 🙂
Posted : 14/08/2014 12:51 pm
Great image captures, Sumitra! Pity you didnt catch any with your eyes. I saw 5 myself, my first ever bundle catch 🙂 Its great to share the "oohs" and "did you see that one" with others.
Posted : 14/08/2014 2:58 pm
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Great image captures, Sumitra! Pity you didnt catch any with your eyes. I saw 5 myself, my first ever bundle catch Its great to share the “oohs” and “did you see that one” with others.
Thanks Tej! Shame I couldn't make it to Cudham! It looks like it was fun!
I did lots of Oohs virtually though 😉
Btw, here is a composite image I have just completed!
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Composite image of several shots with a bright Meteor (with the ISS top right)[/caption]
Posted : 14/08/2014 6:44 pm
