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Observation by Nick James: Perseid

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2022 Aug 11 - 01:00

Uploaded

2022 Aug 11 - 05:23

Objects

Meteor

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Constellation

Bootes

Field centre

RA: 14h34m
Dec: +48°47'
Position angle: +34°34'

Field size

50° × 30°

Equipment
  • IMX291 + 6mm f/0.95
Exposure

256 x 1/25s max hold

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

Perseid

Title

Perseid

About this image

Here's my example of a bright Perseid. This one was captured on my NW facing camera, UK004D and reached mag -2 just above the tail of Ursa Major. The realtime video here shows that it left a train which persisted for several seconds. It is a busy time of the year for meteor cameras despite the nearly full moon. Each of my four cameras is detecting around 70 events a night at the moment, many of them Perseids.

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Alex Pratt
Alex Pratt, 2022 Aug 11 - 08:04 UTC

Hi Nick, a very nice example of this year's Perseid display, illustrating how the shower can be recorded by pointing a camera, or observing visually, to the north to evade the Full Moon.

The view from The Shire of the same meteor is uploaded here.

Clear skies,

Alex.

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