Perseid Meteor Shower and Aurora
Taken by Jeremy Perez on August 12, 2024 @
San Francisco Volcanic Field, Arizona, USA
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS R5
Exposure Time: 6/1
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 12800
Date Taken: 2024:08:18 12:17:39
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A decent misting of Perseids and aurora crowning Merriam Crater last Monday morning northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona (35.31°N). The broad glow of the aurora was visible to the naked eye above the cinder cone on the horizon with brighter pillars apparent at different times. Color wasn't readily apparent to the eye, but the camera picked it up easily.
The meteor shower was competing with leftover monsoon cloud cover that gradually got better as dawn approached. 114 meteors are in this stacked image, including a half dozen-ish non-Perseids. The moon is going to wash out the Leonids & Geminids this year, so whatever bizarre Arizona northern light combo ops are still in store, it probably won't be great for those.
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August 12, 2024, 1:20–4:44AM/0820-1144Z
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 III USM @ 16 mm
Base sky 12x6 sec., f/2.8, ISO12,800 (4:03AM/1103Z)
Foreground 5x30 sec., f/2.8, ISO12,800
Meteors 111x6 sec., f/2.8, ISO12,800 de-rotated and aligned to base star field.
Photographer's website:
https://www.perezmedia.net
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