(meteorobs) Perseids photos on August 12/13 2015

[Pierre Martin]

Thank you very much Michel!

I am excited about the Orionids as well.  Weather has been cloudy here so far, but tonight and tomorrow night look promising and I intend to be out under dark skies for them.

Clear skies,

Pierre


> On Oct 19, 2015, at 3:21 AM, Michel Vandeputte <michelvandeputte at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks voor sharing your awesome report and pictures on the 2015 Perseids! 
> Looking forward to the 2016 event! 
> But before that; let's exercise on the major Geminids later this year ;-)
> 
> Kind regards, 
> 
> Michel Vandeputte
>  
> 
> 
> > From: k.miskotte at upcmail.nl <mailto:k.miskotte at upcmail.nl>
> > To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org <mailto:meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> > Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 07:42:04 +0200
> > Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Perseids photos on August 12/13 2015
> > 
> > Great photo results Pierre, as usual!
> > Also thanks for the nice reports.
> > Clear skies
> > Koen
> > 
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- 
> > From: Pierre Martin
> > Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 6:03 AM
> > To: Meteor science and meteor observing
> > Subject: (meteorobs) Perseids photos on August 12/13 2015
> > 
> > Here’s the images that I took during the Perseids peak night at Balsam 
> > Provincial Park:
> > 
> > 
> > 1) Composite image of 110 Perseids captured, using a Canon 5D at ISO1600, 20 
> > seconds exposures and a Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens (set at f/2.2). The camera was 
> > aimed towards the north and tracked this part of the sky all night. The 
> > brightest is a -4 Perseid. This meteor looks unusual because the camera 
> > shutter opened halfway through the meteor’s motion (capturing both the 
> > bright luminous phase as well as the glowing blue-green train that persisted 
> > for several seconds after it vanished). There is also a very faint greenish 
> > aurora above the trees mixed with thin clouds in the distance.
> > 
> > https://pmartin.smugmug.com/Astronomy/20150812-Perseids/i-CvrvCsQ/A <https://pmartin.smugmug.com/Astronomy/20150812-Perseids/i-CvrvCsQ/A>
> > 
> > 
> > 2) Composite image of 99 Perseids captured, using a Canon 6D at ISO1600, 30 
> > seconds exposures and a Sigma Art-Series 35mm f/1.4 lens (set at f/2.2). A 
> > single 2.5 minutes exposure at ISO800, f/4 was done for the star field. The 
> > camera was aimed in the east towards the radiant and tracked the same part 
> > of the sky all night. The Great Andromeda Galaxy is visible to the right, 
> > M33 to the lower-right and the Double Cluster left of center. Several near 
> > head-on meteors were captured. Notice also the rather large radiant size 
> > (meteors don’t always line up to a precise point).
> > 
> > https://pmartin.smugmug.com/Astronomy/20150812-Perseids/i-frGcTb3/A <https://pmartin.smugmug.com/Astronomy/20150812-Perseids/i-frGcTb3/A>
> > 
> > 
> > 3) Our road trip:
> > https://pmartin.smugmug.com/Astronomy/20150812-Perseids/i-tZB3t5f/A <https://pmartin.smugmug.com/Astronomy/20150812-Perseids/i-tZB3t5f/A>
> > 
> > 
> > 4) Our setup for the night (left: Pierre Martin, right: Raymond Dubois, 
> > taken by Shane Finnigan)
> > https://pmartin.smugmug.com/Astronomy/20150812-Perseids/i-xKnNxnR/A <https://pmartin.smugmug.com/Astronomy/20150812-Perseids/i-xKnNxnR/A>
> > https://pmartin.smugmug.com/Astronomy/20150812-Perseids/i-gThGKv5/A <https://pmartin.smugmug.com/Astronomy/20150812-Perseids/i-gThGKv5/A>
> > https://pmartin.smugmug.com/Astronomy/20150812-Perseids/i-wG8Js9X/A <https://pmartin.smugmug.com/Astronomy/20150812-Perseids/i-wG8Js9X/A>
> > 
> > 5) Something we found along the way:
> > https://pmartin.smugmug.com/Astronomy/20150812-Perseids/i-jNDfhdb/A <https://pmartin.smugmug.com/Astronomy/20150812-Perseids/i-jNDfhdb/A>
> > 
> > 
> > Clear skies!
> > 
> > Pierre Martin
> > Ottawa, Ontario
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