The Nov issue of Sky & Telescope says peak will be at 10:01 UT which I think translates to 5:01 AM EST. I guess I cut it short by an hour because I figured it would start getting too light. But I just looked at sunrise table for D.C. It's 6:55 AM. So Ken's right - I'd eat my hat if I had one.
NASA also loses rockets on the way to Mars. Sorry... couldn't avoid making a bad joke. Tom C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Gittings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 12:27 PM Subject: RE: shooting Leonids - need help, please. > NASA says 4-6 AM on the east coast. > Kent Gittings > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of aimcompute > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 2:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: shooting Leonids - need help, please. > > > 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 . > > > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > www.mimesweeper.com > ********************************************************************** > - > 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 .
