Meteor ?
I spent a fantastic time over the week end up on the bluff behind my house watching the Meteor shower and trying very unsuccessfully to get some on the K100.
Thirty second exposure ,wide open , kit lens at 18 mm the widest lens I have .
the problem was the poor old k100 takes 30 seconds to write a 30 second exposure to the card ! so you miss so much... and spend all your time fiddling with the kit and missing the show. I think the answer is a wider lens and two cameras so you can cover more sky . your thoughts are welcome .... jeff....
Sadly this looks like the partial trail of a high altitude aircraft with regular flashes of the fuselage/wing beacon lights during the exposure.
Iridium communication satellites can also look like meteor trails ...they leave elliptical shaped trails over a few seconds.
A true meteor trail usually leaves a spear shaped trail with the thicker, brighter end pointing in the direction of travel.
Was out myself too but both bright meteors just happened before & after firing the shutter.....grrrrr.
Don't give up Jeff, there's other meteor showers before end of year.
Mike
Currently on caravan holiday south of Carlisle throughout the past week so was just shooting from here. Had intended to go up on the moors on way to Keswick but with showers threatening I decided not.
Was using the K5 with 12-24mm lens wide open, 30sec exposures maximum as didn't want too much star trailing, also testing a Sigma 12-24mm f4.5-f5.6 EX DG lens, a bit slow wide open for meteors but will test properly on equatorial drive for general wide field astroimaging when I get back home.
Mike
Whether it's Kang and Kodos, Alf or ET I can't tell.
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