Observation by Alex Pratt: 20240811_234530 - a bright Perseid and a...

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Alex Pratt

Observer

Alex Pratt

Observed

2024 Aug 11 - 23:45

Uploaded

2024 Aug 12 - 12:45

Objects

Meteor
Aurora

Equipment

Watec 910 HX video camera
8 mm f/0.8 Computar lens
UFO Capture and UFO Analyser

Exposure

25 frames/sec

Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire (Bortle 7)

Target name

20240811_234530 - a bright Perseid and auroral rays

Title

20240811_234530 - a bright Perseid and auroral rays

About this image

The Perseid meteors are approaching their maximum and NOAA showed an auroral oval moving down towards the UK with increasing chances of a good display. My skies were clear until 00:40, each of my video meteor cameras had recorded tens of meteors, then a thick bank of cloud rolled in from the west.

Before then, my north-facing cameras captured several PERs zipping through the Plough and at around 23:45 there was the added bonus of faint vertical auroral rays This image is of a mag -1 Perseid. In this case, the 4:3 aspect ratio of my Leeds_N (UFO) camera is better suited than the 16:9 format of my RMS cameras, where the rays were mostly below their field of view.

Files associated with this observation

Perseid_Aurora_20240811_234530_Leeds_N_ARP.jpg (60.3 kB)

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