Paul
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« on: July 30, 2009, 07:21:58 am » |
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Well first the one I missed! At 0320 this morning I awoke to a crystal clear sky though the dawn was becoming apparent, so I decided to get up for a while and get the camera out. While I was photographing Venus and Mars (see other thread) a mag -2 Perseid streaked away from the Double Cluster area in the direction of Ursa Major. I then took some widefields based around Pegasus as this seemed to be the right sort of distance from the radiant and was in the direction of the darkest sky. One of my frames had not one but two Perseids in it, both traceable back to the radiant. The bright star below left of centre is Hamal.  Looking forward to a great display!
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jgs001
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« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2009, 08:41:10 am » |
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Well caught Paul
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« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2009, 09:40:35 am » |
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Ha, I was still observing at 0320 BST! And the sky was definitely deteriorating with increasing high & mid level cloud as well as dawn twilight setting in.
Quite a few meteors last night, none spectacularly bright, some appeared to be Capricornids as well as a fair proportion of early Perseids - the Perseids certainly seem to be active this year!
Still very well done to get two in the same frame.
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« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2009, 03:29:59 pm » |
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Great shot Paul! It's always good when it's Perseid time again. I saw 3 over about an hour or so last friday night when I was camping in the crystal clear, light pollution free skies of the Brecon Beacons. I'm off in a week on my light pollution free holiday to wales specifically to observe the Perseids. Now, all I need is some clear skies, hmmm....
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« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2009, 10:46:55 pm » |
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Well caught paul - and hopefully a good omen for this year's peak - though of course the Moon could have been better placed!
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« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2009, 11:22:49 pm » |
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Nice capture Paul!  I observed meteors on July 28/29, 22:05-00:15 UT. ZNELM=5.8 (almost great sky conditions) Activity was quite good  - total 26 meteors, though only 3 of them were Perseids A chart with meteors' trails...  A copy of my report to IMO: // Shower section shower PER 046 +58 shower PAU 341 -30 shower SDA 339 -16 shower NDA 335 -05 shower CAP 307 -10 shower ACG 315 +48 shower BCA 353 +59 shower GDR 279 +49 shower SPO
// Number section // Interval RA Dec Teff F Lm PER PAU SDA NDA CAP ACG BCA GDR SPO period 2205-2225 313 +41 0.330 1.04 5.80 P 0 P 1 P 1 P 0 P 0 P 2 P 0 P 0 P 1 period 2225-2255 319 +39 0.500 1.36 5.75 P 2 P 0 P 0 P 1 P 1 P 1 P 0 P 1 P 0 period 2255-2335 322 +38 0.670 1.04 5.65 P 0 P 0 P 1 P 1 P 1 P 1 P 0 P 0 P 2 period 2335-0015 328 +35 0.670 1.06 5.60 P 1 P 0 P 1 P 0 P 1 P 2 P 1 P 0 P 1
// Magnitude section // Show Interval -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 +0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 Tot distribution PER 2205-0015 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.5 0.0 0.0 3.0 distribution PAU 2205-0015 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 distribution SDA 2205-0015 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 distribution NDA 2205-0015 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.0 distribution CAP 2205-0015 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 3.0 distribution ACG 2205-0015 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 distribution BCA 2205-0015 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 distribution GDR 2205-0015 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 distribution SPO 2205-0015 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 - I was much surprised with activity of α-Cygnids (maximum on 15.07, ?)...
- Perseids are currently faint, slow and not any intensive.
- 01:11:25 - unusually long (>95°) and long duration (5.0...6.0s) meteor with faint trail. +4m (!). (PAU)
- 02:00:46 - very beautiful one - very bright (-3m), whitish-blue, with two consequtive flares. Length ~40°, duration 1,4...1,5s. (SDA)
- Does anybody knows something about β-Cassiopeids and γ-Draconids? I know almost nothing about their activity, but my software tells they're active (maximum on 29.07 and 27.07 respectively). Those 2 meteors might be sporadics if these showers aren't active.
P.S. I also look forward with A BIG HOPE to the maximum of Perseids this year. 
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« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2009, 05:34:20 am » |
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Great shot Paul! Hopefully we'll have some clear skies here in the States also.
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Carl O Beirnes
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« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2009, 01:47:35 pm » |
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Very nice Paul.
Let's hope for clear skies, But the Moon will have it's say also :>(
Carl.
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« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2009, 04:12:47 pm » |
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That's a great catch Paul, very rare to get two Perseids in such close proximity in the one exposure..brilliant.  There has been so much meteor activity lately, every time I look up I'm seeing Perseids and Capricornids, and with sucn strong activity at this stage it could only mean we are in for a good show during the peak. Looking forward to it!
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