Perseid Meteor shower

[menardre]

The Perseid Meteor shower is at its peak.... but the skies are cloudy. I did mange to go out on Friday night (August 11th) since it was clear for most of the night.

I took about 1200 exposures using a Nikon D750 DSLR and Rokinon 14mm lens on a standard camera tripod. The Nikon has a built-in intervelometer so I was able to set the camera to take 20 second exposures every 21 seconds. I let this run all night. To combat dew, I have a lens muff which Velcros around the lens and I use hand-harmers in the lens muff to keep the lens warmer than the air. The wonders of the digital age--- can you imagine doing this with a film camera!!

There was a period of time with high clouds. I also stayed outside for a while to see if I could visually see a 'shooting star'. I did manage to see 3 ..one of which was very unusual. All other 'shooting stars' appear as a streak across the night sky. This one (I assume it was a meteor) simply looked like a supernova blowing up and then disappearing. This could be a meteor coming straight at the Earth rather than arcing.

Attached is the best of the 4 meteors that I captured. That leaves me with 1196 images with no meteors (but lots of planes and satellites. Free for anyone who wants one.

Roger