Observation by Steve Knight: Perseid in Cygnus

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2018 Aug 11 - 18:33

Uploaded

2018 Aug 11 - 18:33

Objects

Meteor

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 20^h46^m
Dec: +38°15'
Position angle: -21°34'

Field size

71° × 48°

Equipment

Canon 550D
Samyang f2.8 14mm lens
Astrotrac

Exposure

x103 30 sec ISO1600 of which x1 imaged the Perseid.

Location

Rollright Stones, Chipping Norton

Target name

Perseid meteor

Title

Perseid in Cygnus

About this image

An enjoyable evening observing Perseids at the neolithic stone circle of some note Rollright Stones. Imaged processed in DSS, Pixinsight, Starstax & Faststone.

Files associated with this observation

StarStaX_Autosave_ABE_ABE faststoned hot pixels removed denoised fastoned-IMG_7228_reg_ABE_lighten cropped compressed.jpg (1.9 MB)

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