One Tau Herculid
Jun 4, 2022 13:39:48 #
Out of 942 images of the Tau Herculid shower, I did capture one meteor. Orange, California, USA.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II, 7Artisans 25mm f/1.8, ISO 100, 6 seconds.
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I mount my camera on my Meade reflecting telescope to use the tracking motors. I started out tracking the radiant, but the scope tube kept hitting a tripod leg, so I just had to fudge it back a few degrees several times. So orientation was basically straight up at this point. That's the edge of my roof on the right... the dark curve at the bottom is the end of my telescope that I used just for tracking. The meteor track is roughly aligned northwest-southeast.
I also saw one that wasn't photographed, much shorter and bright orange.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II, 7Artisans 25mm f/1.8, ISO 100, 6 seconds.
STC Astro MS light pollution filter
Enhanced with Adobe Super Resolution
I mount my camera on my Meade reflecting telescope to use the tracking motors. I started out tracking the radiant, but the scope tube kept hitting a tripod leg, so I just had to fudge it back a few degrees several times. So orientation was basically straight up at this point. That's the edge of my roof on the right... the dark curve at the bottom is the end of my telescope that I used just for tracking. The meteor track is roughly aligned northwest-southeast.
I also saw one that wasn't photographed, much shorter and bright orange.
Jun 4, 2022 16:42:16 #
rsworden wrote:
Out of 942 images of the Tau Herculid shower, I di... (show quote)
Fantastic. Engineering the scope mount and planning theshoot is half the fun.
Jun 15, 2022 15:14:17 #
Jul 1, 2022 14:20:30 #
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