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    Default Tonights Meteors

    will any body be attempting to photograph tonight's meteor showers. with about 25 per hour it shuld be good.
    has any one done much of this before if so any tips.
    http://www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/orionids2012.html

    http://www.spacedex.com/orionids/loc...-europe-uk.php
    Last edited by rids; 20th October 2012 at 04:17 PM.

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    Default Re: Tonights Meteors

    Any idea of times in the uk?
    What camera/lens you using?

    I might have a look out if I can stay awake, these 12hr shifts kill me.
    If nature always takes the easiest route, what's easier...?
    The creation of billions of galaxies each containing trillions of stars each with their own solar systems, some with planets that have evolved civilisations with billions of different life forms. OR The creation of just your imagination?

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    between 10.30pm and 5am i will use the widest lens i have and with 30 second exp

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    Default Re: Tonights Meteors

    If it's clear I may head out but I'm off cycling in Llandegla tomorrow morning so ideally need an early night. To be honest, if it's clear, Think I'll just put the camera out in the garden, point it up at the sky and set the intervalometer to take a hundred 1 minute exposures.

    If I don't get any meteors, I'll certainly get some star trails

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    Quote Originally Posted by dpSparhawk View Post
    If it's clear I may head out but I'm off cycling in Llandegla tomorrow morning so ideally need an early night. To be honest, if it's clear, Think I'll just put the camera out in the garden, point it up at the sky and set the intervalometer to take a hundred 1 minute exposures.

    If I don't get any meteors, I'll certainly get some star trails
    1 minute will give me to much rotation for me if i get a metor as i will use my wide lens.

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    http://www.spacedex.com/guides/photo...or-showers.php
    i just noticed this on the same page

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    True that about the 1 min shutter. A little remiss on my part.

    Good info link as well.


    However, just looked out at the sky and it's bright fkin orange... in otherwords, CLOUD everywhere reflecting sodium lights.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dpSparhawk View Post
    True that about the 1 min shutter. A little remiss on my part.

    Good info link as well.


    However, just looked out at the sky and it's bright fkin orange... in otherwords, CLOUD everywhere reflecting sodium lights.
    same bloody problem here to much cloud

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    Default Re: Tonights Meteors

    Quote Originally Posted by dpSparhawk View Post
    True that about the 1 min shutter. A little remiss on my part.

    Good info link as well.


    However, just looked out at the sky and it's bright fkin orange... in otherwords, CLOUD everywhere reflecting sodium lights.

    Same here as well
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    "Today, a young man on acid realised that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration. That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we're the imagination of ourselves... Here's Tom with the weather".

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    Default Re: Tonights Meteors

    Was Cloudy for me too
    If nature always takes the easiest route, what's easier...?
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    Default Re: Tonights Meteors

    I was out about 1230 Brocken cloud but never saw a dam thing

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    Default Re: Tonights Meteors

    ...well, I had a little nose out at 1:30am just before going to bed. fkin CLEAR as anything. Orion was there in all its glory. Was so tempted to get the camera and point it up but really had to go to bed. had a great day on the bike trails today though

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    Default Re: Tonights Meteors

    Was planning to stay up and get setup down by the beach for this but by 11 I was in bed reading my book and sleeping shortly after...

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    Default Re: Tonights Meteors

    Anyone know if they're continuing tonight? Looks like it's going to be a clear one.

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