Perseid Meteors

Here are a few images that I managed to get of the Perseid meteor shower when me and Steve went down to Nash Point. Exposures range from 1 minute to 30 seconds using the cameras built in astrotracer


As a matter of taste, what's everyone's view on the meteors as I have selectively lightened them up a tad ??

As you can see, we were up against an incoming wave of cloud that eventually put a stop to the shooting

Perseid Meteor by Gareth Williams, on Flickr

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Perseid Meteor by Gareth Williams, on Flickr


Perseid Meteor by Gareth Williams, on Flickr


Perseid Meteor by Gareth Williams, on Flickr

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Starlit caravanners by Gareth Williams, on Flickr

The difference of no light pollution! I shot this 10 days ago on holiday, cottage in the middle of no where, no street lights etc

124 seconds, f4, ISO 800, DA*16-50mm @ 19mm


Part of the Milky Way by Gareth Williams, on Flickr

Hi Gareth
I am glad you've tweaked the meteors - helps to see them! I have several from the South Downs and on the best image I have three meteors; one quite bright and the other two quite faint - I posted it in the gallery. K5ii no astrotracer

Far better without the light pollution but still good examples of whats achievable.

I was going to try myself up in the lakes a few weeks back but some idiot forgot to take the manual and I didn't have a clue
Will have to do a bit of experimenting in the garden first I think.

Very good Gareth

Thanks all

Alan, in the menu is the precise calibration. Do that first then put the camera in bulb. If it's pitch black and no light pollution then use the lens pretty much wide open, focus on the moon if possible or if not, use live view and focus as best you can on a bright star. Then use bulb, ISO 800 to start and then time a minute and see how it looks. They say upping the ISO allows more stars to shine through but the trade off is noise so I kept the ISO down and increase the exposure duration instead as we can with the astrotracer It's all trial and error to fine tune it but once it's sorted it's happy days!

Thanks, I would have asked when we were in the lakes but internet access was non existant, typically on the last day I got an excellent signal.

What focal lengths did you use?

For the no light pollution it was at 19mm but I know when Steve Everitt looks at galaxies he sometimes uses his 300mm but then exposures are much faster