Re: [APML] Ursa Major Leonids

[Rob Miracle <rwm@photo-miracles.com>]

At 01:36 PM 11/20/2001 -0800, Tony Hallas wrote:
>     
> One of my projects during the Leonid Meteors was to shoot Ursa Major
> during maximum activity for 30 minutes, divided into 5 minute intervals.
> I used a 50mm f/1.4 stopped down to f/2. I have "assembled" all
> the meteors that recorded during the 30 minutes paying extreme attention
> to where they are... since this is a guided image it was fairly easy to
> guarantee placement by comparing frames. To my surprise the 50mm also
> recorded M51 and M101 which I have marked. The image is at:
>  
> http://www.astrophoto.com/UMLeonid.htm
>  
>       Hope you like
> it,

Thats great.   It makes my Ursa Major pale by comparison. 
I got my film back today and the fogging from the sky glow was
bad.   I had two decent photos.   The highly ironic
thing is it appears that one of them is the same meteor that I captured
on my digital camera.

Take a look at:   
<http://www.miraclez.com/~rwm/Leonids/index.html>

The film shots are near the bottom.

Thanks,
Rob
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Rob Miracle
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