Perseids 13 August

[Stub Mandrel]

With 249 photos to trawl through, I'm sure there's more to find, but here are some quickies from last night:

This one was quite nice zipping along next to the Milky Way at 1:07 (BST):

Normally cloud is a menace, but I think it adds to this shot at 11:58:

[xtreemchaos]

lovely images mate, you will find a few more, i seen a few lastnight but didnt get a image.well done. thanks for posting. charl.

[Stub Mandrel]

Thanks Charl, a great night for a first try at meteor imaging watching was the best bit, I just kept pointing the camera at gaps in the cloud and continually shooting 30-second exposures until both batteries went flat.

[davefrance]

Very nice, I agree the cloud does give it atmosphere.

[laudropb]

Very nice image. Thanks for sharing.

[Stub Mandrel]

Its surprising how many you see that don't make it into the images - probably just out of frame. I think that first one is one of the few where I'm 100% certain I saw it and photographed it as the track was neatly aligned with Cygnus - it was a very fast one. If I hadn't seen it I would have said satellite, as most of the meteor tracks vary in magnitude more obviously while the satellites generally don't (and the planes flash, of course...).

I've posted this in another thread - it's an ionisation trail from a really big one, others got pics and video of the actual meteor: