The Perseid meteor shower from the Netherlands

[Roel]

The peak of the Perseid meteor shower occurs at noon from my longitude, so the best period to observe the meteors would this morning before dawn. I took a comfortable chair and my sketching materials to my favorite observing site to sketch as much meteors as possible. At the eve of my obseving session I already prepared the layout for the sketch: a starry sky (with the brightest stars as visible around the observing time) and a bit of a horizon. At the site I drew the meteors and the fainter stars at the right position.

Despite it was still hours before the real maximum, it was a spectacle! A lot of bright meteors, some with smoke trails. Sadly I missed some of the brightest because I was busy sketching a fainter one...

Clear skies!

Larger version: http://www.roelblog....2012-spektakel/ (click on the image in the link)

[rory]

love it. id blow it up and have it on the wall. very nicely done.

[Mike73]

Yep very nice sketch Roel.

Can you do me one??

[nightskystargazer]

Roel,

Nice capture of the Perseid Meteor Shower .

CS,KLU,

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Tom

[RogerTheDodger]

Great sketch, I haven't seen one like that of the Persids before.

[Daniel-K]

wicked!