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Old 22-10-2008, 07:25 PM
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Orionids meteor shower - What lens would you recommend

Time to put on a late nighter tonight.....or an early morninger depending on how you look at it I guess.

Ok details. Canon 300D (or 20D depending on if I want to muck around later getting the colour balance right ) probably mounted piggy back and tracking on my G8. Or maybe not. I've never really tried for meteor showers before. Would it be more like lightening? Use a tripod, keep the lens open until trailing would be noticeable, terminate the shot and start the next one.

Anyway, my real question is; what lens would be suitable. I guess it depends on the distance that the meteors are reaching across the sky. I have a 17-40mm @ 17mm (54° X 81°) but would that be too wide and make the meteors appear too small and just streaks? Or would I be better with my nifty 50 (17.2° X 26°) or my 85 (10° X 15.4°) and go for more size on the elusive suckers?
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Old 22-10-2008, 08:16 PM
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Hi Paul
This is the method used by Jerry Lodriguss :
http://www.astropix.com/HTML/SHOW_DIG/077.HTM
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Old 22-10-2008, 08:27 PM
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Cheers, thanks Vincent.
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Old 22-10-2008, 09:10 PM
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just be happy you can image oh photon king - its raining here, use the 17 lens at 30 second intervals - and mount on tripod. then you can use STARTRAILS to create a time lapse later - and a startrail complete with meteors!!
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Old 23-10-2008, 07:40 AM
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Well I think it was a bust last night. The Orionids didn't put on much of a show up until 1:00 when I called it quits. There were a few meteors with one in particular getting a real "Fwooarr!!!" from me but generally it was pretty quiet. The good one went from about 20° above the northeastern horizon to almost the southwestern horizon and had a lit up tail about 90° long overall. It was really spectacular.

I ended up using the 17 - 40 @ ISO1600 with 45 sec exposures in continuous shooting mode, from about 10 pm to 12:30am. I should be able to do a great animation of Orion rising.
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Old 23-10-2008, 12:30 PM
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should look good paul
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Old 23-10-2008, 09:05 PM
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It's OK Dave. But unfortunately my focus wasn't quite right and 45 sec was a bit long (though it shouldn't have been :shrub: ) . I doubt if I'll be uploading it though. 109 images creates a fairly hefty animated gif
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