Perseid Meteor Shower
Flashes of Light from Burning Dust
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| Other names: |
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| Optics: |
Sigma 8mm EXDG fisheye lens at f/3.5 |
| Mount: |
Orion Paragon Plus XHD tripod |
| Camera: |
Canon EOS 5D Mark II [ unmodified ] |
| Exposure: |
40 minutes [ 40 x 1 minute ] at ISO 2000 |
| Accessories: |
Satechi Timer Remote Control (intervelometer) |
| Location: |
Landers, CA [ GMARS ] |
| Date |
August 13, 2010 |
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Processing: On-camera image acquisition in JPG format. No darks. No flats. Images combined in ImagesPlus 3.75. Levels, curves, and additional layering in Photoshop.
While hardly a shower as seen from southern California, the Perseids put on a decent show this year even though my series of exposures captured only 1 bright meteor. (At upper left. The other streaks are stars, except for the brightest one, which is Jupiter.) Toward the bottom was my feeble attempt to write "hello" with a red flashlight during one of the exposures.
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