Here's a rough-and-ready shot of one of the Perseids caught on camera during the current shower.
Posts tagged 'Perseid Meteor Shower'
Observing Report 9th-10th and 10th-11th August 2018 (Perseid meteors #2)
Further to my previous report, here's a composite pic including all of the session's Perseids, sporadics and Iridium flares. Just like before, you can click it to see a resized version:
Observing Report 9th-10th and 10th-11th August 2018 (Perseid meteors)
Typical British weather... week upon week of sunny days and clear nights, and then, when it comes to the peak of the Perseid meteor shower (12th-13th August), it all goes to shit.
In anticipation of a weekend of crap weather I'd spent the last couple of clear nights trying to get some pics of the early arrivals, here's one of the best that I caught on camera. Feel free to click it to see a resized version:
Last light was a rainy and cloudy non-starter, and the next two nights are slated to be just as bad. The show, which so far elsewhere has been the best for many years with higher-than-expected rates and no Moon-glare, will be more-or-less over by the time the skies clear here.
Observing Report 5th-13th August 2017 (Perseid meteors)
From the 5th to the 13th of August I managed four nights watching and photographing the Perseids. 1799 pics later and I'd caught nine good meteors on camera, and I'd seen about 75 while lazing on the garden bench. Bearing in mind the low hourly rates, several bouts of cloudiness and the rising Moon, nine on camera is about as many as I would have expected.
Here's the best pic of the bunch, captured on the 12th - looking towards the zenith, West is more-or-less downwards. Click it to see a bigger version:
A pair of Perseid meteors heading west-southwest.
(Late) Observing Report 12th-13th August 2013 (Perseid meteors)
With one thing or another taking precedence, the processing of these was unavoidably delayed.
Perseid meteors - taster pic below - click it to see a few more.
Perseid meteor.
Beware of Rising Rocks
Some timely information for those intending to go out to see the impending Perseid meteor shower:
