Observation by Ivan Walton: Perseid meteor

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Ivan Walton

Observer

Ivan Walton

Observed

2018 Aug 14 - 21:45

Uploaded

2018 Aug 15 - 11:35

Objects

Meteor

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Constellation

Andromeda

Field centre

RA: 01^h40^m
Dec: +46°41'
Position angle: -58°52'

Field size

25° × 17°

Equipment

Nikon D40 dSLR
Nikkor 50mm Lens
Tripod

Exposure

25secs @ f1.8 & 800 ASA

Location

Kent

Target name

Perseids

Title

Perseid meteor

About this image

Unfortunately here in Kent overnight of 12th/13th August was overcast. But with lovely mild conditions & clear skies on both the two following evenings, I took the opportunity to try and take some images of the Perseids.

On both occasions I spent about two hours between 23:00 & 01:00 BST (helpfully timed by the local Parish church clock), taking about 350 images and visually spotting some 36 meteors (some of which I would suggest were sparodics).

The brightest star (bottom middle) is Almaak ( Gamma Andromedae).

Files associated with this observation

DSC_4409 Colourful Meteor.JPG (1.5 MB)

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