Re: [APML] Is It Posible?

[Matt BenDaniel <matt@starmatt.com>]

Roberto,

Even though the moon will be nearly full, man-made light pollution will still have a detrimental effect. Also any particulates or moisture in the air will reflect moonlight. Going to a dark site would help a lot. That's what I'll be doing.

That said, you can still try to photograph the Leonids from a light polluted site. You will not be able to record average meteors, but you'll be able to record the brightest ones. If your lens is f/2.8 and you're using 400 speed film, you might expose for up to 15 seconds each frame. I'd wait until the meteor storm ramps up before shooting. Remember, the generally predicted peak will be just before or during morning twilight. A roll of 36 exposures will only get you about 10 minutes of recording time, so you'll probably have to shoot a lot of film to get a couple good ones, and that's assuming a good storm happens.

Good luck, and please let us know about any resulting images that you post.

Matt

At 11:46 PM 11/16/2002 -0500, Dr. José F. Hernández wrote:
>After reading all those threads about the coming leonids, I have a question too, that actually may sound silly.
>
>Is there any possibility to capture some leonids under  heavy light polluted skies?? I was wondering since here in Panama (80° long) it´s nearly full moon on 18th and I don´t think there´s too much difference using dark skies with that moon. If its posible can you give me some exposure references since these will be my first leonids (and apparently my last ones L) and I have no idea.
>
>Thanks
>
>Roberto

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