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Old 11-12-2009, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Analog6 View Post
I am staying out near Clifton in SEQ on Saturday night and as there are nice, reasonably dark skies and it is flattish. I am hopeful of seeing some and getting some photos. Which way best to look (ie N/NE/NW) and how high (or low) over the horizon can we expect them to be?
It's usually best not to look directly at the radiant, but to scan an area about 30 degrees from the radiant. The reason being that any meteors right near the radiant will be short (almost face on) but the further away from the radiant the longer they will be. What I usually do is face in the general direction of the radiant (in this case north) but focus my attention away from it. You will find the meteors all over the sky, some low to the north, some overhead, some moving to the east - they are radiating from the radiant, of course! As for taking photos, pick a nice constellation, like Orion or Taurus, and centre on that, then keep you fingers crossed that one or two go through the field of view.
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