(meteorobs) Perseids 2009 photo results (from Eastern Ontario)

[Greg Miller]

    You're composites are simply amazing!

Pierre Martin wrote:
> This first image is the composite taken by the Canon 30D running at  
> ISO 640 or 800 and a 16mm lens set at f/2.8.  It shows the sky  
> surrounding Ursa Minor and Ursa Major.  As you can see near the  
> horizon, it was becoming quite foggy, but our elevation on top of the  
> hill was helpful.  Many of the bright meteors that you see here  
> occurred near 4:00am EDT, so they are likely part of the dust trail  
> that Comet Swift Tuttle shed back in the year 1610.  The Earth  
> encountered this trail near 4:00am on August 12, which produced a  
> brief surge of activity...
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/13845235@N03/3841919408/sizes/o/
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