aaronncollier

Perseid Meteor Shower 2016

The Perseids put on a great show this year. I counted 322 visually from 2am to 5am on the morning of the 12th, although I did see a bit more than that while set...
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The Perseids put on a great show this year. I counted 322 visually from 2am to 5am on the morning of the 12th, although I did see a bit more than that while setting up and taking down the camera. The hourly rate at my location easily exceeded 100 per hour. I set up my D750 and 20mm lens shooting near the radiant with these settings: 15sec, f-1.8, ISO 1600. I shot 701 frames with 114 of them containing meteors. In this composite image, a total of 117 Perseids are shown, although many of them are quite faint. For comparison, I was only able to capture 25 Perseids last year under the same conditions.
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