Perseid Meteors (not!)
Taken by Karl Kuehn on August 10, 2014 @
Greene, NY, USA
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I was hoping to catch a few early, bright, earth-grazing Perseid meteors on the evening of Aug 10th since the forecast here in Upstate NY indicated rain and clouds during the peak of the shower. But searching through the startrail photo I could not even find a faint one. (Although, near the north star at about 7:30, an Iridium/Iridium-like flare made a brief appearance, unless that was a Perseid headed directly at me!) Anyway, I've included a couple photos of the set up for this image which uses a 24 inch (~600mm) security mirror as a makeshift fisheye lens for a DSLR, and post-processing using Achim Schaller's Star Trails Program. Moonlight, clouds and dew all found their way into the photo but, hey, it was something fun to try.
300 x 15s, Canon 60Da, ISO 200, 28mm lens, plus whatever lens the security mirror was.
Karl Kuehn
Greene, NY, USA
karl@kkuehn.com
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