Pers Aug 7'10 & other shower members

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Pers Aug 7'10 & other shower members

Post by ykchia »

Hi folks:

Early x1 bright Perseid Aug 7.

An early PER grazer ( low radiant angle) 'thinner' streak mag -0.1 and a brighter PER mag -3.2 when the radiant is much higher 3.5 hrs later. A couple of streams are active as well

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Post by superiorstream »

Hi,Y.K.CHIA
Thanks for sharing.Can elaborate what magnitude is it?Any above magnitude 1?Only above magnitude 1 can camera--ordinary compact--can detect it.Thanks
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Post by ykchia »

Hi:

http://www.spaceweather.com/meteors/gal ... _page2.htm

You can check out the digital camera images of the perseids... so it is doable.
Lets do it for the Perseids. Point your dSLR camera out of the window and get as many exposure as you could.

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Hi Croys and folks:

Glad you did.....

If you have a good view of the sky and can safely leave an open window to point and fire away your dsLR tethered to remote release or fired from laptop please do so. If no meteors than use the frames to create a timelapse avi instead.

My battery conk so quickly and i missed both the bright Per on National day
see my latest post there.

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Post by ykchia »

Hi Croys and folks:

Glad you did.....

If you have a good view of the sky and can safely leave an open window to point and fire away your dsLR tethered to remote release or fired from laptop please do so. If no meteors than use the frames to create a time lapse avi instead.

My battery conk so quickly and i missed both the bright Per on National day
see my latest post there.

http://nightevents.blogspot.com/2010/08 ... eball.html

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