(meteorobs) Perseids photos on August 12/13 2015

[Pierre Martin]

Thank you kindly Koen!  I hope you get good weather for the upcoming showers!

Clear skies,

Pierre




> On Oct 19, 2015, at 1:42 AM, Koen Miskotte <k.miskotte at upcmail.nl> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 3) Our road trip:
> 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-gThGKv5/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
> 
> 
> Clear skies!
> 
> Pierre Martin
> Ottawa, Ontario
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