(meteorobs) Leonids Meteor Picture

[Robert Lunsford]

Mike and All,

Mike, after looking at your picture the trail of the meteor passes roughly 10 degrees north of the Leonid radiant. Therefore I 
believe you have captured a sporadic meteor. I too have seen bright meteors pass directly though my camera's field of view only to 
see a faint trail or none at all!

May I suggest you lower the ISO to 400 of your camera in order to get a more natural sky appearance in your photographs. Of course 
this depends on your conditions which can vary night to night. On nights of good transparency you may be able to use ISO 800 and 
still get a nice, dark sky.

I hope this helps!

Bob Lunsford

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From: "Mike Hankey" <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:47 AM
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>; "meteoritelist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Subject: (meteorobs) Leonids Meteor Picture

> I captured a Leonids picture last night!
>
> http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/leonoid.jpg
>
> At the time I was focused on Procyon and shooting continuously and
> waiting and watching. I saw a meteor radiate directly out of Procyon
> and was like NO WAY!  But I check the camera screen and couldn't see
> anything. I didn't realize I caught it until this morning when I was
> reviewing the pics.
>
> Its pretty faint, at the time my f ratio was jacked up at f/5. I've
> since lowered it and ordered a new lens that can do f/1.4.
>
> It was much brighter in person, its a little faint in the pic. Still
> really happy I caught it.
>
> For reference purposes: I was using a Canon 20D, piggy back mounted on
> my telescope with ISO 800, f/5 focal ratio and a 60 second exposure.