• 08-05-2005, 05:58 AM
    Speed
    The Next Meteor Shower Is Next Week
    The Perseid Meteor shower is suppose to peak on the nights of the 11th and 12th.

    Get out your cameras!

    http://skyandtelescope.com/observing...cle_1557_1.asp
  • 08-05-2005, 08:14 AM
    paulnj
    Re: The Next Meteor Shower Is Next Week
    OH , so you are saying I should leave work at 11PM on thursday and friday and find a dark spot to shoot the sky ?

    So grand master of dark skies.... should I shot wide open? F8, F11.....?
  • 08-05-2005, 12:03 PM
    another view
    Re: The Next Meteor Shower Is Next Week
    Great timing! I'll be up north and will hope for clear skies. Thanks!
  • 08-05-2005, 12:38 PM
    Kokopeli
    Re: The Next Meteor Shower Is Next Week
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Speed
    The Perseid Meteor shower is suppose to peak on the nights of the 11th and 12th.

    Get out your cameras!

    http://skyandtelescope.com/observing...cle_1557_1.asp
    I wonder how visible they'll be from Maui???...
  • 08-05-2005, 04:13 PM
    walterick
    Re: The Next Meteor Shower Is Next Week
    Sounds great Speedo! With any luck I'll be able to get out in the desert and lay out to watch 'em. Pretty sure I had them marked on my calendar but the more reminders the better :)

    Rick
  • 08-05-2005, 10:27 PM
    paulnj
    Re: The Next Meteor Shower Is Next Week
    Rick,

    my suggestion is to head up rt 17 to 74? the go to lake pleasant if you can get in at night?

    The place will be dark , as nothing is around for miles besides the road and a town atleast 5 miles away . The lake will also make a great scenery too

    But then again you will have plenty of dark desert before then too
  • 08-08-2005, 06:59 AM
    Speed
    I Posted A Reply On Friday....
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by paulnj
    OH , so you are saying I should leave work at 11PM on thursday and friday and find a dark spot to shoot the sky ?

    So grand master of dark skies.... should I shot wide open? F8, F11.....?

    But it obviously didn't take!

    Shoot at f 8 or f 11 and you might get trails from Jupiter. Might. Otherwise, you'll have a lot of blank film (or blank images in your case).

    I would recommend wide open or close to it. Get the fastest lens you can, preferably an f 1.4 or f 1.8, and shoot around f2.0. That will get you plenty of stars and show most of the meteors.

    Also, I would shoot with a 50mm or wider. Again, depends on what you've got in your bag.

    Last but not least, I'd shoot for about 30 seconds with the 50mm, longer with a wider lens.

    Hope this helps.
  • 08-08-2005, 08:33 PM
    paulnj
    Re: I Posted A Reply On Friday....
    SHHHHH , but I have a friend with a nikkor 300f2 AIS, and may be able to get a canon 200f1.8 on loan :) OH wait..... so I should try to get a WIDE lens huh :)
  • 08-11-2005, 01:14 PM
    Speed
    Re: The Next Meteor Shower Is Next Week
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kokopeli
    I wonder how visible they'll be from Maui???...

    They should be as good from Maui as anywhere else.

    Try to find a dark spot.