Eta Aquariids 2020_05_05

[Ryderscope]

A quick snap of a meteor from the Eta Aquariids meteor shower. This is one frame from many multiple frames taken in the early hours of Tuesday morning 5 May 2020 Australian Eastern Standard Time. The camera was running for three hours taking continuous 15 second frames and so far this is the only frame that I believe captured a meteor. Still a nice image though with the planets all nicely lined up along the ecliptic. I will be having another go on Wednesday morning to see if we score a larger bunch. The time stamp on this frame was 3.29am.

Link to Astrobin post is here. (https://astrob.in/ji83f4/0/)

Specs for the data acquisition are:
Canon 60Da
Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens @f5.6
ISO1600
15 second exposure
Canon RAW format
Minor adjustments in Photoshop CC for noise, exposure and white balance

The yellow arrow and asterisk ( *) show the apparent radial source of the Eta Aquariids meteors.

[astronobob]

Good catch Rodney, you got one more than I did, we were clouded out on the night of 'Peak' so I put 4 hrs in the next night, not one in the frame, but saw 2 outside the frame, 1 per 2hrs, :rofl: