Predawn Earthgrazing Meteor
Taken by Eliot Herman on December 24, 2016 @
Tucson AZ
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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D800 Exposure Time: 15/1 Aperture: f/3.5 ISO: 2500 Date Taken: 2016:12:24 08:24:49 |
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Details:
After days of clouds and rain back to trying to get a piece of the last meteor shower with late ones. This is probably a late Ursid meteor originating near Polaris that had its peak four days prior. The fisheye image was captured with a Nikon D800 and a 8 mm Sigma lens (15 sec exposures). The wide angle image was captured with a Nikon D7100 with a Tokina 12-24 mm lens ( 7 sec exposures) aimed at Polaris. Meteor was at 5:14 am local time. Both cameras operated by interval timers.
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