In the last week I have been hunting for the Perseid Meteor shower that appears at this time of year. The largest number of meteoroids will occur on the night of the 12th - 13th of August when you could see over a dozen shooting stars an hour. They are only called meteors when they enter the earths atmosphere and can be pretty incredible to see.
To find the region of sky in the northern hemisphere look east after midnight and find the stars of Cassiopeia. It looks like a big W of 5 stars. The region below Cassiopeia is the place to point your camera or just sit and watch.
It is always a spectacular show if you have a dark sky, no cloud and a bit of luck. To increase my chance of photographing some of these space travelers. I have been keeping and eye out for no clouds. Which has only been one night this week; which was last night here in England.
The next four images are of the same meteoroid taken in rapid succession.
Perseid Meteor first sighting
Perseid Meteor cropped in tight
Perseid Meteor second capture as it flies through space
These next two images were taken just a few seconds apart.
You can see how far it has traveled in such a short time. "They are moving at roughly 133,200 mph (60 kilometers per second) relative to the planet"
Source
The camera was on a tripod but on a wooden deck which may account for the slight movement which was magnified in this image.
These two were very faint. They were taken about 60 degrees to the right of the other images.
I have used a very basic photo editor to enhance these images a little which were shot in jpg format. Not the optimum for my camera.
I'm still learning the best settings for #astrophotography using the Canon 70D. It is constantly surprising me with what it can do. I'm just happy as a kid in a candy shop to have got anything at all. Hope you like them.
These images were taken at approximately 12:30 a.m. to 12:45 a.m. 23rd July 2018
More in this series
I think I found a whole Galaxy
Star trails and constellations
Many thanks to @astrophoto.kevin for his invaluable advice on my camera settings. They worked great.
My camera gear
EOS Canon 70D
Canon 50 mm 1.8 II lens
Sigma 30 mm lens
Sigma 20 mm lens
Pixel Shutter Cable Release
Travel tripod
| Category | (astrophotography)
| Camera | (Canon EOS 70D)
| Exposure | (6 seconds)
| f Stop | (1.8)
| ISO | (1600)
| Lens | (Canon 50 mm lens)
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