Perseids Meteor Shower Aug 12-13

Perseids meteor shower this year coming up fast and today mentioned as being the one with lots' of Fireballs . I have been at a very dark place in the past at Ft.Davis state park in Texas where skies are 7-8 on bortle scale . I have seen these fireballs and they are absolutely something to see . It's been several years since i been there for this but i will be there this year . Just hope it's a clear night . Anyway if you get the chance to take pictures and catch a meteorite post your picts here if you will . I been messing with some old Pentax and Vivatar lens on my XSi and picts are turning out better than expected so i maybe using those on a tripod this time around since the are f/2.0 and f/2.8 lens instead of my trusty 18-55mmIS that's 3.5-5.6 . Heres' an example of the Vivatar 28mm f/2.8 i did last night of Scorpio . I thought it turned out well and this is cropped at 50% . Look forward to other picts being posted here of the Perseids . Also here's a link to another post here of some other lens i tested also :

Sounds like a great location, good luck Ron

Very good try and surly time well spent.
Some to the best moon calendar nights of the year.
Keep them coming.

Caught this bright meteor last weekend. Possibly an early Perseid meteor? My wife saw a fireball this past weekend but I missed it because I was too busy setting up my camera.

NavyDiver911 wrote in post #16185942
...but I missed it because I was too busy setting up my camera.

Ain't that always the case...what's the exposure stats on that image?

Where's the best place to point the camera to shoot a meteor shower? I've read conflicting reports of "make sure the radiant is in the frame" and "point the camera 45 to 90 degrees away from the radiant". I've never tried to shoot a meteor shower before, so I'm hoping someone with some experience can enlighten me...

Thanks--

Greg

Cant wait! gonna be trying out the skytracker for the first time! Gotta find a good location and pray we don't get clouds!

gmikol wrote in post #16186061
Where's the best place to point the camera to shoot a meteor shower? I've read conflicting reports of "make sure the radiant is in the frame" and "point the camera 45 to 90 degrees away from the radiant". I've never tried to shoot a meteor shower before, so I'm hoping someone with some experience can enlighten me...

Thanks--

Greg

If you in a very dark area with skies dark as 7-9 on the Bortle scale and you know exactly where the radiant is and your on a tracking mount then point your camera towards the radiant but what you need to remember is that most meteors that come from the radiant are short and quick to burn out and hard to capture . Usually in a 35-45 degree away from the radiant will capture some nice meteors . Main thing is watch the sky and see where you are spotting meteors and point your camera in that direction . There really is no idea direction to point your camera . You might point in the south and take picts for 30 mins and not see one then move your camera pointing west and then there would be a great meteor shoot throught right where you were pointing . Just have patience , practice several nights before the shower for some night shots testing exposures settings and getting your camera in focus . Here are a few links to some good tips for refernce .

This is Friday , Saturday night you should be able to start seeing quite a few Meteors . I'm heading to Ft.Davis Sunday morn and they have skies that are 7.5-8.0 on the Bortle scale so hopefully it's not cloudy !

^^ Mods: Notice should be place somewhere that everyone interested in AP or simply night photography could see this.
This is a well timely announcement with good reference for all to see their own opportunities and must say most of time you get the announcement of the events once they are already happened.

Last weekend my simple random trial yield a lot of meteors, that is totally without my knowledge of even happening at that time, only to find them out on images and then several satellites. Must say very exciting and I am also joining the club with NavyDiver911 and gmikol to say missed the Big ones due to same reason

NavyDiver911 wrote in post #16185942
Caught this bright meteor last weekend. Possibly an early Perseid meteor? My wife saw a fireball this past weekend but I missed it because I was too busy setting up my camera.

gmikol wrote in post #16186061
Ain't that always the case...what's the exposure stats on that image?

Where's the best place to point the camera to shoot a meteor shower? I've read conflicting reports of "make sure the radiant is in the frame" and "point the camera 45 to 90 degrees away from the radiant". I've never tried to shoot a meteor shower before, so I'm hoping someone with some experience can enlighten me...

Thanks--

Greg

Seems they are showing up slowly but surely.
This is form this early morning, a few hours back;

Hi there! It's my first post, so I'd like to say hello I've been looking for some information about Samyang 8mm, but that is for another topic.

I'd love to contirbute to this topic, as I've been interested in astronomy and astrophotography for a while (not too long, I'm still a newbie) I've got still long way to go, and given my gear (canon 400d, which looks like it doesn't like 1600iso setting...) I struggle with much noise. Anyway, here are two shots I took on 5th August

First one is quite bright meteor on the background of Perseus with dimmed Andromeda Galaxy on the middle-right, and the second one is a lot dimmer meteor shooting through Milky Way

I've got no idea how to get more color of Milky Way, is it even possible with Canon 400D mounted on stable tripod?

Must be nice!!!
It won't get truly dark here until later this month.

You are very welcome to the forum PeterLuk.

A good start indeed.
For all your questions, you can find many threads here if you use the key word and search option (third from right side of top bar).

I happened to own Rokinon that is the same fisheye you are asking about in one of its several names. In short I love it. Wide open it is a bit soft and you see coma with stars but all gets better 2 stop down that off course you loss shutter speed.

MW has very little to do with your camera body so Yes you can get a lot more detail. Main trick is to find that right sky. Remember that MW is not bright and even a little light pollution does impair its presentation as for any small degree of improving brightness of MW, you magnify the pollution by several large factor to the extend that you can easily mask it in total. Use a light pollution map and find which is the darkest sky close to you. Time is right in these summer days so you may want to camp a weekend and do your best. Then next step is post processing and if you again go through the thread, you will find a lot useful info as to who to Convert RAW or Stack image for the better part of it. Of course if you need a direct attention to your specific question feel free to start a new thread (You need to go to main list, then Astro and then click on New Topic).
Anyhow you are welcome and post more.

Here is another one of those double doubles from today early morning hours. I have charged all the batteries, empty all the memories, cables ready and tripods better behave for tonight as I won't be able to stay Sunday or Monday best opportunities. Good luck to all.

WOW , nice shots guys ! I'm heading out in the morn to FtDavis for a few days so I sure hope to capture a few . This time instead of my 18-55IS i'm going to use a Vivatar 28mm f/2.8 . I hope I have better luck this yr than I did the last 3 yrs . I've had it to cloud up on my the last days for the past yrs I just hope it's clear this time .

I know nothing about radiants or Bortle scales, but I stayed up a bit late last night...1D4, Rokinon fisheye, ISO3200, f/3.5, ranged from 20-30 seconds. Never tried this before...
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