Tassie Geminid

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

Hi,

I think I captured a Geminid last night while shooting some timelapse on the east coast of Tassie. It's from not long after midnight and Gemini was close to it's northern transit, so even though this little fireball is in the deep south, it seems to be pointing the right way for a Geminid.

Clouds have rolled on today, so that's probably it for this year down here. Hope others get a clear view tonight

Colin

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Great image Colin and great location too. I recognised the silhouetted hills straight away. I was standing at that exact same spot about four months ago. Hope you are having a great time in Tassie and that the sun throws off some activity directed at us, for you soon. The aurora numbers have been rather poor every time that I have looked lately.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Beautiful work, my friend.

Got some of that green airglow scattered about, too.

Lovely!

H

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

Thanks Guys I think I'm already in love with Tassie

Originally Posted by obsidianphotos

Great image Colin and great location too. I recognised the silhouetted hills straight away. I was standing at that exact same spot about four months ago. Hope you are having a great time in Tassie and that the sun throws off some activity directed at us, for you soon. The aurora numbers have been rather poor every time that I have looked lately.

It's a gorgeous spot, Greg. There is some light pollution from Hobart though, so south -> east is the go. I got lucky last night with the aurora...pic tomorrow

Originally Posted by Octane

Beautiful work, my friend.

Got some of that green airglow scattered about, too.

Lovely!

H

Thanks H.

[Ross G]

A beautiful photo Colin.

Great capture as well.

Ross.

[iceman (Mike)]

Beautiful pic, so nice!

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Originally Posted by colinmlegg

. I got lucky last night with the aurora...pic tomorrow

Aha! Awesome. Can't wait. Someone in the Aurora Australis Tasmania FB page posted a pic from yesterday morning at about 2:30am showing a bit of aurora action, and I immediately wondered if you had a camera or three running at the time.

[gregbradley]

Great shot Colin.

Greg.

[venus (Lydia)]

looks like you may have both types of meteors there is that one near the horizon too?

[iceman (Mike)]

I kept coming back to this beautiful pic.

It's now IOTW.

I love how the clouds gave that extra diffuse glow to Crux! I can't wait to see the timelapse.

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

Thank you very much Mike I did get some aurora that night...in 15 frames around 50 minutes before the Geminid. Amazing that they both showed up in same part of the frame. More aurora goodness last night. I would love to be down here when a CME hits.

[Ross G]

Congratulations on IOTW Colin.

Well deserved.

Ross.

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Great shot Colin.

Greg.

Thanks Greg.

Originally Posted by venus

looks like you may have both types of meteors there is that one near the horizon too?

I think it's a small aircraft. You can see the string of lights better in the original image.

Originally Posted by Ross G

Congratulations on IOTW Colin.

Well deserved.

Ross.

Thanks Ross.

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Excellent capture Colin!

Cheers Petra d.

[Lester]

High class image Colin, thanks for the view. Congratulations for IOTW too. All the best.

[PeterM]

Colin, beautiful image, now my on my desktop (hope you don't mind).
Thanks!

[alexch (Alex)]

Great image, Colin and good to see that you had some good weather in Tassie!

Alex

[astronobob (Bob)]

Magic shot & scenery Colin. Congratts !

[gaa_ian (Ian)]

Well done Colin. I am Sooooo.... close to getting myself a 600D for Xmas
I live in such a great part of the county too (albeit the hot end !)
I miss capturing so many great night sky moments here.
My old Canon S2 IS does not cut it for low light.

[Martin Pugh]

Super photo Colin and congrats on IOTW

Cheers
Martin