Geminids last night

[Tomatobro]

UKMON capture stack of last nights Geminids

 

 

 

Edited December 14, 2022 by Tomatobro
Will add correct image

[scotty1]

Was the peak last night ,Or tonight?

[Tomatobro]

And here is last nights stack. Very impressive!

[Leo S]

23 hours ago, scotty1 said:

Was the peak last night ,Or tonight?

The peak was forecast for 13/14, but looks like it arrived late, so last night (14/15) was the best night by the looks of it. Check out the live ZHR graph.

Could be more stragglers tonight. The Geminids have a reputation for producing a higher percentage of bright events after the peak, although that's perhaps what happened last night!

[Leo S]

8 hours ago, Tomatobro said:

And here is last nights stack. Very impressive!

Very impressive. I have yet to get an idea what my two cameras caught, but hopefully a few bright ones!

[vernmid]

 

Well, my all sky camera caught just the one Geminid last night. ☺️

 

[vernmid]

@Tomatobro 

 Please could you tell me what you mean by the UKMON capture stack?

Its  a very impressive image 👍

[Leo S]

1 hour ago, vernmid said:

 

Well, my all sky camera caught just the one Geminid last night. ☺️

 

That's surprising. Was the camera running all night?

[scotty1]

A very rare combo here, an Aurora and Comet would of completed the set.

https://spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=190951

Edited December 16, 2022 by scotty1

[Tomatobro]

12 hours ago, vernmid said:

UKMON capture stack

Take a look at the UKMON website. The camera is part of a citizen science project where recording of meteors is done on a national basis.

The software records each meteor track which is later analysed but one of the features is that each track is recorded on a single image i.e. they are all combined or stacked so we can see every meteor.

The camera kits are £185 and you need to add a raspberry pi to complete the setup. The cameras have to be rigidly mounted and carefully calibrated but once done its all automatic. I get a daily emailed report of the 100 brightest detections and its associated data.

I should add that you get a lot of help during the setup phase should you encounter difficulties

Edited December 16, 2022 by Tomatobro
more info

[vernmid]

Thanks @Tomatobro That looks really interesting 👍

[vernmid]

18 hours ago, Leo S said:

That's surprising. Was the camera running all night?

Yes it was! I think there may have been one more!

[scotty1]

I didn't put enough effort into seeing these, because of the cold -6C, and some domestic problems. 

I did capture one , and saw eight during a 20 min observation. 

 

Edited December 17, 2022 by scotty1

[Leo S]

Hope the domestic problems are all resolved scotty.

I do go to extremes to keep the cameras running all night. The camera/Ninja V are powered by a Numax LV22MF  12V 75Ah(C20) battery, and I have another to power the dew heater. With the long cold nights this time of year I still find I need to swap batteries round half way through, otherwise the camera gives up and shuts down!

I have yet to edit the Geminids into a clip (I think I will have to make a "highlights" clip with perhaps 5-10 of the best catches), but it was actually sporadics that stole the show on the 14/15.

The first one exploded:

The second, fragmented into at least 6 pieces - one of the best examples of fragmentation the cameras have caught so far. It's the same event that dominates Tomatobro's composite image:

 

[maw lod qan]

The only time I convinced SWMBO to sit and brave the cold night to watch the meteors was for the Geminids three years ago. 

On the hour she was out we saw close to 100.

Those nights stacks are amazing!