Perseids from Italy

[von Tom (Tom)]

I have been going through my shots and videos from my holiday and have compiled this image of meteors captured during the Perseid metoer shower on 12th August 2012 from Vestone, northern Italy.

The images show frames of meteors captured during 2 hours' worth of video at 4 frames/sec, 1/4sec exposure, ISO6400, f/1.4, 24mm on a Canon EOS 600D using Magic Lantern firmware, stacked in Star Trails.

The 4 frames/sec video enables the 1/4sec exposure per frame which allows enough light in to capture some relatively faint meteors, as well as giving some idea of how fast the meteors are travelling.

Here is a video which shows the capture of the brightest meteor of the evening:

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http://youtu.be/gCpe8f06XmU

And here is a video showing all meteors captured during the 2 hour period. Note the speed difference between the Perseid meteors and the bright sporadic meteor.

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http://youtu.be/Q1Va3qfu_nY


Thanks for looking,

Tom

[Liz]

Great stuff there Tom, lots of meteors!!

This was a pretty good shower, I even caught a few from where I live.

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Cool!

[Derek Klepp]

I wondered where you'd got to.Hope you and the family had a great holiday and thanks for the pics.
Derek

[von Tom (Tom)]

Thanks guys. Derek we had a good time and I'll post up some pics in the Terrestrial section. Most of my astro work was done in absentia due family commitments But I wasn't going to miss out on the northern sky !