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August 11th-13th, meteor showers + NASA Video.

waynelake

Member
Heres the NASA video explaining the meteor shower, quite good... they are expecting upto 100+ meteors per hour...
ScienceCasts: The 2012 Perseid Meteor Shower - YouTube

This is from spaceweather.com
PERSEID METEOR SHOWER: The annual Perseid meteor shower is underway. International observers are reporting 15+ meteors per hour in pre-dawn skies as Earth enters a broad stream of debris from parent comet Swift-Tuttle.

The show is about to get much better. Earth will pass through the heart of the debris stream on the nights of August 11th through 13th, boosting meteor rates beyond 100 per hour. Forecasters say the best time to look is probably during the dark hours before sunrise on Sunday, August 12th.

Wayne
 

Hosermage

Active member
Thanks for the heads up! I will need some tips on shooting... What is the ideal setup? I would like to try to capture some shots with the M9.

lens: 25mm?
exposure time: 1 min? 10 min? 1 hr?
iso: 200, account for long exposure?
aperture: f/8, f/16?

Thanks :)
 

waynelake

Member
Heres another link. North-East is the direction to look.
Perseid Meteor Shower of 2012 Peaks Sunday, Aug. 12 | Space.com

I googled Perseid Meteor Shower and clicked images. Heres what Gary got in 3 hours. He took 360 30 second photos, then put the best together.
Perseid Meteor Shower over Mount Hood | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I have a D800 and Nikon 20 2.8D
If the weather is good I have a place to go.
The lens I have is really unsuitable. Have to use it at about 4.5 or 5.6 to get better photos without coma. 8 or 10 seconds and ISO 3200 or 6400.
I think I'd prefer lower ISO and longer exposure. I have no experience with a M9.

I hope others with better experience have a say here... Thanks.
 
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