Meteor Shower Fail
May 24, 2014 06:51:02 #
Got a break in the clouds at around 2 AM and ran out to attempt to shoot the meteor shower. Unfortunately, the clouds moved back in as soon as I began to shoot. Anyone else get anything?
May 24, 2014 06:58:49 #
edgorm wrote:
Got a break in the clouds at around 2 AM and ran out to attempt to shoot the meteor shower. Unfortunately, the clouds moved back in as soon as I began to shoot. Anyone else get anything?
Good try
May 24, 2014 07:14:46 #
edgorm wrote:
Got a break in the clouds at around 2 AM and ran out to attempt to shoot the meteor shower. Unfortunately, the clouds moved back in as soon as I began to shoot. Anyone else get anything?
I stood in the yard for about an hour and a half and saw very little. Did have quite a bit of light pollution but a good view of the north sky and saw very little. Had the display been better, we would have headed to the beach and in a better viewing spot. I am not convinced that you missed that much.
May 24, 2014 09:37:50 #
Nothing in San Francisco, a quick break in the clouds around midnight, but short lived and then back to overcast. :-(
edgorm wrote:
Got a break in the clouds at around 2 AM and ran out to attempt to shoot the meteor shower. Unfortunately, the clouds moved back in as soon as I began to shoot. Anyone else get anything?
May 24, 2014 09:45:48 #
May 24, 2014 09:50:12 #
NeilL
Loc: British-born Canadian
edgorm wrote:
Got a break in the clouds at around 2 AM and ran out to attempt to shoot the meteor shower. Unfortunately, the clouds moved back in as soon as I began to shoot. Anyone else get anything?
Skies were clear in SE Michigan. Meteor shower was a bust. NOT ONE!!
May 24, 2014 10:21:34 #
stephena wrote:
Next time try a timed exposure with camera on a tripod . . .Steve
What do you mean? Camera was on a tripod for a 15 second exposure. As a matter of fact, this was the first of 187 such exposures taken 25 seconds apart for a time lapse project.
May 24, 2014 10:24:13 #
To everyone else: We can only try again and again, next time an unprecedented, one of a kind, never before seen celestial phenom comes around. Happy shooting.
May 24, 2014 10:33:11 #
NeilL wrote:
Skies were clear in SE Michigan. Meteor shower was a bust. NOT ONE!!
Guess I can't feel bad for not even hearing about it... or losing any sleep over it either... lol
May 25, 2014 08:36:52 #
Good try anyway edgorm! We're just a couple of months away from the Perseids meteor shower on August 12th. For the rest of 2014, use this calendar to plan your meteor shower photography:
http://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors
http://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors
May 25, 2014 13:59:10 #
I live in Western North Carolina and I saw two in about 30 mins. We had clear skies here. I thought it was a flop. Oh well maybe next time.
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