Meteor shower tonight

Just letting everyone know....

How should I shoot this? I have never done star trails before? High ISO? High Aperture? 30 sec exposures, noise reduction on or off? How do I combine the images? what program do I need?

Coppatop85 wrote in post #9026247
How should I shoot this? I have never done star trails before? High ISO? High Aperture? 30 sec exposures, noise reduction on or off? How do I combine the images? what program do I need?

Depends the LP in your area . If a dark area then tripod your camera and shoot 30-sec shot at ISO and if the image is too washed out then drop the ISO to 800 ISO . Use a WA lens and set at different apetures til you get one that shots everything good without washout . if your in a very dark area and no LP to worry about then high ISO and apeture wide open and adjust accordingly til you still have a nice star field without LP washout . BTW turn off NR on your camera and shoot RAW if you can .

Supposed to be cloudy/rainy all night here. I had been looking forward to this for a week.
-Trevor

Ditto on that one. Cloudy for a while, plus rain and snow showers. Ughhhh....

If you shoot raw, can you still combine the images with that program?

Coppatop85 wrote in post #9026486
If you shoot raw, can you still combine the images with that program?

If your lucky enough to capture a meteorite i would not stack any image cause you may loose all the data to it by covering the meteor up . Just go out and start snapping away and don't worry about stacking .

of course my friggin neighbor behind me just installed a 4 million candle power light in his backyard! I guess I'll have to hop in the car, I'll **** about that to him tomorrow. I am hoping to catch something good...

I'll see what I can catch tonight.

LP is not an issue here, but it isn't the clearest sky right now.

I'll have to wait and see how it goes!

Looking awfully clear here tonight.
Plan to head out around 1:30 and call it quits about 4:00. I plan on setting out my camera in a ziplock bag for the drive north as well as I have a couple of extra batteries. Any body have any other good tips? It's going to be a cold one, low around 23 degrees tonight. I'm hoping for a cold, crisp, clear night and I just might get it. Good luck to all watching.

Cloudy as usual here. We spent a couple of hours outside already tonight but it's getting more overcast... I'll take another look in a couple of hours.

Jon.

Nothing too outstanding. 30 sec, f4,iso 800, 24mm.
and cropped like crazy.

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That is from tonight? I'll go take a look outside shortly and see how it looks. I'll keep my fingers crossed that is is clear!

less than an hour old, seeing several.