Meteor across the Milky Way
Jan 10, 2019 07:47:07 #
saidel42
Loc: NJ
Took this two days before the peak Perseid meteor show this past year with a Nikon D7100 and Rokinon F2.8, 14 mm, 20 s exposure, ISO 1600 and a bit of contrasting with Photoshop. Naturally, the luck factor played a role. Peak day was predicted to be clouded over and it was. Taken at Chatsworth, NJ, deep in the heart of the NJ Pine Barrens; first time I saw the Milky Way in years.
Jan 10, 2019 12:16:50 #
saidel42 wrote:
Took this two days before the peak Perseid meteor show this past year with a Nikon D7100 and Rokinon F2.8, 14 mm, 20 s exposure, ISO 1600 and a bit of contrasting with Photoshop. Naturally, the luck factor played a role. Peak day was predicted to be clouded over and it was. Taken at Chatsworth, NJ, deep in the heart of the NJ Pine Barrens; first time I saw the Milky Way in years.
Try saving the image again with "save original" checked. That way we can click on the image and look at it closer. I am wondering what colors are showing on the meteor as they are usually colorful.
Jan 10, 2019 20:50:05 #
saidel42
Loc: NJ
JimH123 wrote:
Try saving the image again with "save original" checked. That way we can click on the image and look at it closer. I am wondering what colors are showing on the meteor as they are usually colorful.
Jim, That one had no color. What does that mean?
However, this 2nd one, from the Orionid meteor shower, October, 2017, taken at Cape May, NJ, does (and I did as you asked). Interestingly, the arrow points to a 2nd that I only noticed later. This one, the settings I know are the same lens only ISO 5000. I think the time was shorter. Orion nebula is quite clear. Makes me think the exposure was shorter than the first image. Also, the next image does have remnents of the smoke left from the debris.
Jan 11, 2019 11:08:05 #
saidel42 wrote:
Jim, That one had no color. What does that mean? b... (show quote)
That's what I expected to see. This is how meteors look, and how they burn out.
As for the faint one by the arrow, this is more likely a satellite. They tend to move along with a constant light level. Sometimes they are rotating and the amount of light varies. But most are constant. They can also suddenly disappear if they were to enter the earth's shadow.
Jan 26, 2019 22:11:39 #
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