Between 3-5 AM EST, but definitely look earlier too. Radiant is Leo. Look towards east south east.
Tom C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anand DHUPKAR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 11:43 AM Subject: Re: shooting Leonids - need help, please. > in US - to be more precise on east coast, what should be the time to see > this thing ? early morning on Sunday ? > which direction should we watch ? > > > >From: "aimcompute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: shooting Leonids - any tips? > >Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 23:01:52 -0700 > > > >It's all going to depend on how many there really are. If it's a storm, I > >don't plan to leave my shutter open for much more than a minute, possibly a > >good deal less, otherwise they will wipe each other out on the film. If > >there's only 1 a minute or so, then I'll probably use a longer exposure. > >This is with 400 speed film. > > > >I plan to have three cameras set up. One with my newly acquired Zenitar > >16mm fish-eye (which I'm very proud of). One with a 28/f3.5. The other > >will be a 43f/1.9. One of these will be on a motorized tracker, the other > >two will show some star trailing, but that's not necessarily bad. It > >depends > >what you like. > > > >This following site has some tips too. They make sense based on what I've > >experienced. > > > >http://leonids.hq.nasa.gov/leonids/photo.html > > > >Clear skies and good shooting. > > > >Tom C. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 7:41 PM > >Subject: shooting Leonids - any tips? > > > > > > > I was reading that to shoot meteors, you should > > > use the widest angle lens possible and do > > > 5-to-10-minute exposures. Does anyone here have > > > any tips they'd like to share? This will be my > > > first meteor shower. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Amita > > > - > > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > >- > >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
