Re: [APML] Leonids Photos...

["Brian Larmay" <astrobri@ameritech.net>]

actually the quadrantids shouldnt be effected by the moon this
year....perhaps by clouds

Brian

> Congrats Geoff
>
> Im surprised you got one through that cloud layer.
> 60 secs was the ticket with the 400 it seems...I tried 2-3 mins and most
of
> them are drowned out except for a 1 bright one.
> Ill use my experiance for the quadrantids
>
> Brian
>
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <astropix@att.net>
> To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 8:59 PM
> Subject: [APML] Leonids Photos...
>
>
> > Hey Everyone...
> >
> >      Like many here, I tried my luck this morning on catching a few on
> film...
> > shot 100 exposures... got about eight. The forecast here in
Atlanta/North
> GA
> > deteriorated rapidly monday... so I rolled the dice. I picked the
western
> most
> > areas in NC, SC and GA on Clear Sky Clock that had favorable
> predictions...
> > drew a line on the map and picked a spot just south and east... a real
> crap-
> > shoot. This turned out to be Aiken State Park, just outside Aiken SC.
> Skies
> > were much better than Atl. but were plagued with high cirrus off and on
> all
> > night.
> >
> >      As others reported... I, too observed most activity from the
radiant
> > toward Ursa Major. Since the bright moon challenged film speeds and
focal
> > ratios with quick saturation... I chose my wide angle lenses. Typically,
> the
> > wider glass just can't resolve the fainter meteors... better to get
> coverage
> > with multiple 50mm lenses when going for meteor showers on 35mm film...
> but
> > with the full moon... what the heck. I was hoping for some of the bright
> ones
> > like last year, but it wasn't to be.
> >
> >      Still, I kept myself busy all night and snagged a few. Activity
> picked up
> > at my location around 06:00 UT... in fits and starts. I toyed with my
> mount,
> > looking at Saturn and more in my 8" SCT... watching the radiant
> frequently. I
> > shot one roll of 36 from a tripod with a 28mm lens from 2:00 till 4:30
> EST,
> > then as things picked up I shot twin cameras from a piggy-back set up...
> 24mm
> > and 35mm lenses. Frost was a serious issue... it was 30*F... the lenses
> would
> > begin to get covered after about 3 min. So I shot 3 min. then 5 min.
then
> > defrost... repeat... over and over until daybreak. I've got a modified
> hot-air
> > comb that doesn't draw much current and zaps the moisture pretty good...
> glad I
> > didn't forget it! The predicted peak was 10:30 UT... the actual peak was
> at
> > 10:40 UT... amazing the professionals could hit it that close!
> >
> >      I've slept about 2 hours out of the last 36... so most of the
> processing
> > will go into my backlog... but I did work up one of the tripod shots.
See:
> >
> >      http://home.att.net/~astropix/Leonids_tripod_1.html
> >
> > ... yes, that is a meteor in there... *not* a scratch in the film :-)
> which was
> > Fuji Provia 400F if anyone wants to know...
> >
> >  Best...
> >
> >  Geoff Powers
> >
> >
> >
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