(meteorobs) Geminid peak night photos

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Pierre, Simply wonderful. It's my new desktop!!! 



Wayne 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pierre Martin" 



As soon as my desired field of view (the bright winter constellations)   
was high enough in the east, I re-positioned my camera (Canon 7D at   
ISO1600 and a Canon 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye lens) and I set it for   
continuous one minute exposures from 10 pm and 6 am.  Out of several   
hundreds of exposures, a total of 90 Geminids were captured within   
this field of view.  All of the exposures with meteors were later   
digitally co-added into Photoshop to create the following composite.   
The best meteor of the night (the Geminid that split in two) was   
partly captured by the camera.  It's the bright streak near the bottom- 
right corner.  It actually travelled a long distance and was   
significantly brighter far beyond the frame: