Gemonids Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight 13/14th December

[MartinCornwall]

The king of meteor showers peaks tonight with upto 120 brightly coloured meteors per hour in a dark location. So if you have clear skies it be worth a look outside. Best viewed after midnight but with clouds coming in later I'm heading out earlier. Last year I saw a big fireball cover nearly the whole sky and explode into smaller fragments which was pretty awesome.

 

[Scott Murray]

The king of meteor showers peaks tonight with upto 120 brightly coloured meteors per hour in a dark location. So if you have clear skies it be worth a look outside. Best viewed after midnight but with clouds coming in later I'm heading out earlier. Last year I saw a big fireball cover nearly the whole sky and explode into smaller fragments which was pretty awesome.

Should be excellent, but I think we cannot view it in Australia.

 

[sonicbuffalo_RIP]

Should be excellent, but I think we cannot view it in Australia.

Don't ya'll have the Hemmorhoids Meteor Shower? :stupid: (just kidding)

 

[SteveL54]

Don't ya'll have the Hemmorhoids Meteor Shower? :stupid: (just kidding)

I saw those last year, but it's a pain in the a$$ to stay up that late.

 

[MartinCornwall]

Went out at 8.30pm to beat the clouds and saw 5 really bright ones from my back garden. Can't really call it a Dark Site but you can see the Milky Way with the naked eye. If I didn't have my children over for the weekend I would have been down by the tidal river. It's dark down there

 

[oldhippy]

Set up Nikon D600. 28. 1.8 1600iso manual A . AF off. Bulb. 30 sec. Waiting for 10 PM
10 Tips for Photographing Meteor Showers

 

[nikonpup]

got one - 24MM F 3.5 30S ISO 3200

 

[nikonpup]

 

[nikonpup]

and a couple of planes

 

[Blade Canyon]

Yep, all I got was a plane. Maybe my settings didn't allow enough light. I saw a faint meteor with my eyes while setting up.
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[SteveL54]

Saw one very bright one as I was setting up, and I missed it. Took a few 30 sec exposures. Holy smokes! I got a lot in one shot....but something just didn't look right.
Note to self - remember to secure tripod head. Weight of the camera caused it to slowly move down, causing this effect.
Clouds moved in. Got nothing.

 

[Scott Murray]

Well I went out and braved the bugs and looked for some meteors. I managed to see a few but some idiot left the 16-35 at 31mm mmmm.

 

[aced19]

Well I got one. But I didn't have my settings right but it looks ok.