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geminid meteor shower expected to start on december 13, and should be visible until the early morning of december 14th
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Short .gif from a .ser video, captured last night (12th) with my ASI385MC and the supplied all-sky-lens. We had a lovely clear night last night. The best we've had in ages. The battery died on my old laptop - probably due to the sub zero temperature - so only managed a few 5 minute videos. I saw lots more before I decided to set up the camera. Tonight; peak; is completely clouded out! Surprise, surprise!! I also had my Mother-in-laws dog as a stargazing companion/hot water bottle. Excuse the finger in the shot, my wife is a bit of a technophobe! -
Hi Some of you may be aware of the Radio Meteor Detection collaboration Project which is a group of contributors who submit their monthly log files after which do a number of things with the data see here for more info: https://radiometeordetection.org/about Our latest exciting project is to see if we can successfully match Radio and Video events to aid our understanding of meteor phenomena, so we are now starting to Map Radio Meteor Altitudes for GRAVES. The attached PDF gives a full description of this project The project brief and maps can be found here: https://radiomet
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From a site near Shrewsbury a very bright meteor was seen at 21:59 (30/07/2020) which left a smoke trail still visible after 35 minutes. It covered two thirds of the visible sky and its track was in the western horizon .
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From the album: Cygnids in Jully 2019 from Bulgaria
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The peak of the Lyrid Meteor Shower. Some meteors expected to be visible between 19th and 25th April. The Moon will be at First Quarter so will interfere in early evening. ZHR of around 10 from a dark site with the peak at 4am.
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From the album: The-MathMog's Images
A fireball that fell through the sky while I was testing some DSLR settings on random parts of the night sky! -
Does anyone have a link to a good graphic or animation which demonstrates why meteors are better after midnight with the Earth spinning into the meteoroid stream? I can't find one and to be honest I'm struggling to get my head around it. James
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For the first time in ages I've been able to see the meteor shower as it's been clear for the first time in years from where I've been. Even got the missus to finally see a meteor! As I went inside for a few minutes I also swear I heard an object hitting something hard and then our hedge move. I know it's pretty unlikely to be a meteorite but had a quick look but didn't see anything I reckon I'll have to have a gander in the morning but I wont count my chickens! Did anyone else get a chance to see any meteors?
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Hi, is anyone here meteor-watching using Software Defined Radios ? I read that, on average, only 84K meteors that weigh over 10g enter our atmosphere each year, but watching my favourite UK monitoring site, there's been 100s every hour for a while now. If it was 100 on average per hour for a year that would be about ten times the quoted figure above (http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/about-us/75-our-solar-system/comets-meteors-and-asteroids/meteorites/313-how-many-meteorites-hit-earth-each-year-intermediate) I see that their frequency also depends on various other factors, b
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My first attempt at imaging a meteor and quite chuffed with the result. Broken cloud up until around 0030 then total cloud cover. Visually I spotted 9. Out of 110 frames this is the only meteor I captured and pity about those damn clouds covering Orion! Nikon D5100, Samgyang 14mm on a Star Adventurer, 40secs at f4, ISO800 -
Has anyone been paying attention to the Orionids? How are they shaping up? I am going out for a nice long observing session tonight, conditions are great and I am heading to a dark site. I talked my girlfriend into coming along to watch meteors in between telescope objects. I was just curious if there has been much of a show, numbers-wise?
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Hello everyone, It has been a while since I posted here. I was waiting for my telescope but unfortunately my friend could not bring it along from UK Anyway since that happened I decided to continue my search for a telescope and in the meanwhile I decided to get myself a nice binocular and carry on until I get hold of a good scope. Perhaps, I could continue with a bino for some time and gain experience and then if the passion doesn't die I can get a scope. Anyway, I went to a hill station where my father-in-law has a couple of flats (at a height of 6,000 feet) and so they spend ever
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Hello, last night was the second clear night in a row. Quite rare here in Ireland! I took my telescope out side to set it up when I noticed something amazing! I inserted my 25mm eyepiece into my LCM to focus it ( I haven't even moved the tube yet ) when I noticed I placed my telescope bang on in the direction of the Orion Nebula! It was only a couple of arc seconds of the center. I was amazed but since I was looking at the Orion nebula I figured I should start my two star align with a star in Orion, so the two stars I aligned were Rigel and Deneb since they are nearly polar opposites at the mo -
Hi all, i just spotted by chance the 2nd "fireball" / bright meteor in my life at 20:52 CET , dark orange with bright grey trail, no sound, east-northeast to east southeast, elevation 10-20 degrees ... Yay ! Unfortunately , no picture, just human observation while taking the dog out . PS.: might have been a "november orionid", they peaked yesterday.-
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Hello, This is my first post on Stargazer's website. I live in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee and am an avid (wannabee) star gazer. I have a schedule of the meteor showers saved on my desktop so I know when to look at the sky. The North Taurids meteor shower occurred last week and I went to a secluded area to watch above. As I sat outside with my camera, which is a Canon Rebel XTI, a meteor had a trajectory that was just miles above me. Then, I heard a loud boom in the woods surrounding the lake just outside of Hermitage. Just curious if anyone got a picture of this occurrence or if anyone else
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I was out taking some shots last night, testing some different exposure times contra iso settings, just shooting at random parts of the sky. I set the camera for a 6400 ISO, 15 second exposure, and about halfway through the shot, a meteor (fireball) falls through the sky almost straight above me, covering about 50% the distance of the sky lasting around 2 seconds I think. It even showed fragments falling off of it and burning separately. Not quite big enough to be considered a bolide but still many times brighter than your usual shooting stars! Even seeing that with my eyes was astonishing,- 19 replies
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These are some photos I took of 41P/T-G-K on the night of March 29. I never ran them through much of a post editing and are grainy and no noise reduction done. They were all taken with my Nikon D7100 with 50-300mmZoom lens. All photos have been cropped from originals. #1) f5.6 52.5 seconds ISO 6400 50mm #3) f5.6 44.9sec ISO5000 195mm #2) I left this for last because it is so unique. I think the comet was entering the atmosphere, then just as it was about to eclipse 41P, it skipped out and then was pulled back into the atmosph -
Did anyone see an Orange/Mauve fireball last night, maybe around 10. I was so excited I forgot to look at my watch. Sadly I wasn't filming in the right direction. It must have been about NE to SE in Southern England.
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Did anyone catch this? 'Green flash' meteor sightings across Britain http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35829815
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There's something you don't see every day. I was collecting Ha with my Zuiko 50mm/Atik460 combo tonight, and this appeared on one of the 600s sub-exposures. I didn't see it, but it must have been bright - and presumably have a bit of ionised hydrogen about it (from the meteor and/or the atmosphere). This is the stacked frame with the meteor frame integrated on the stack. -
2 x Computar HG0808 FCS-HSP ultra fast CCTV lenses Very rare, high quality DC Auto iris CCTV lens designed for ultra-low light conditions. Ideally for use with CCTV cameras with a 1/2" chip, such as the Watec 902H2 series CCTV cameras. Ideal for ultra low light conditions such as night time video capture of meteors. Both lenses in very good condition, with recently tested auto iris control, no scratches on glass and no fungus. One lens comes with original optional IR correction filter, but no front lens cap - £100 The other lens has no IR correction filter - £90 Po -
Hi i have a few bits and pieces of space stuff i have collected over the years. I have never owned a meteor though and i thought it might be nice to start a little collection has anybody on here got a collection and if so could you give some advice please looking on ebay there are lots but i really dont want to buy a piece of african quarry or something from someones back yard! i realise there are many types and various areas of the world that produce but how can a novice tell that they are genuine and are there reliable/ reputable dealers or sources available? cheers
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Hello all, a quick report of a bolide visible over Scotland last night (14th July 2019) at 23:02 local time. I was parked up in a garage forecourt to collect my son from back shift. The car was parked facing almost due north and I was looking towards the northern horizon for noctilucent clouds as the sky was so clear. The lat long location was at 55.7116, -3.8319. The bolide appeared visible through the windscreen of the car. It was travelling a few degrees west of north and was large and relatively slow travelling for a meteor. It had an observable shape, being round and intens
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Computar 2.6mm F1.0 CCTV lens This high quality ultra fast ultra wide angle CCTV lens is great for use with a highly sensitive CCTV camera for video recording meteors. These ultra fast lenses were discontinued by Computar several years ago and are now very rare. They originally sold for over $300 each. Excellent condition. Lenses free from scratches and internal dust. DC auto iris tested and working. £85 + £8 postage to UK mainland
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