[meteorite-list] 2010 Quadrantids Meteor Photo
With no moon and almost no clouds, we had a pretty awesome night for the peak of the Quadrantids. Inspired by Pierre Martin's Geminid photos, I decided to mount the DSLR and fisheye lens atop my CGEM and take some piggy backs. I shot 25 second ISO 800 exposures from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM EST. I only captured one meteor the whole night, but it was a good one. The meteor left behind a smoke trail that I photographed for 20+ consecutive shots, that's almost 10 minutes. I think this may have been a small fireball. I made an animated gif showing the meteor and the smoke trail that dissipated afterward. You can see it here. http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/comets/2010-quadrantids-meteor-shower/ Thanks, Mike Hankey Freeland MD __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] 2010 Quadrantids Meteor Photo
Nice photo, Mike. Cool animation, too. Thanks for sharing. Linton - Original Message - From: Mike Hankey mike.han...@gmail.com To: meteoritelist meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Global Meteor Observing Forum meteor...@meteorobs.org Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 11:13 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] 2010 Quadrantids Meteor Photo With no moon and almost no clouds, we had a pretty awesome night for the peak of the Quadrantids. Inspired by Pierre Martin's Geminid photos, I decided to mount the DSLR and fisheye lens atop my CGEM and take some piggy backs. I shot 25 second ISO 800 exposures from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM EST. I only captured one meteor the whole night, but it was a good one. The meteor left behind a smoke trail that I photographed for 20+ consecutive shots, that's almost 10 minutes. I think this may have been a small fireball. I made an animated gif showing the meteor and the smoke trail that dissipated afterward. You can see it here. http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/comets/2010-quadrantids-meteor-shower/ Thanks, Mike Hankey Freeland MD __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] 2010 Quadrantids Meteor Photo
That's a great image Mike and the animated image of the smoke trail is fantastic too. I've never seen anything like that done before. Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Mike Hankey mike.han...@gmail.com To: meteoritelist meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Global Meteor Observing Forum meteor...@meteorobs.org Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 6:13 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] 2010 Quadrantids Meteor Photo With no moon and almost no clouds, we had a pretty awesome night for the peak of the Quadrantids. Inspired by Pierre Martin's Geminid photos, I decided to mount the DSLR and fisheye lens atop my CGEM and take some piggy backs. I shot 25 second ISO 800 exposures from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM EST. I only captured one meteor the whole night, but it was a good one. The meteor left behind a smoke trail that I photographed for 20+ consecutive shots, that's almost 10 minutes. I think this may have been a small fireball. I made an animated gif showing the meteor and the smoke trail that dissipated afterward. You can see it here. http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/comets/2010-quadrantids-meteor-shower/ Thanks, Mike Hankey Freeland MD __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
