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13-Aug-2016 Larry A. Stevens

Perseids Meteor Shower Composite (2016)

Jester Park, Granger, IA

I just now (end of 2023) got back to these images, 223 of them. I took continuous (back-to-back) 30-second shots with a wide-angle lens for 2 hours 33 minutes.

I thought I only got a couple of images of meteors, but as it turns out, I did capture 11 meteors which are displayed here. I did not stack the photos, thus no extended nebulosity as the image rotation did not allow for an aligned image, so I matched them as closely as possible and copied just the meteor trails. I left out quite a number of satellites and airplanes from this composite image.

You can pick out a few deep sky objects including the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the Pleiades (M45), the Hyades, the Double Cluster (NGC 869 and NGC 884), Melotte 20 (the bulk of the upper portion of the Perseus constellation itself).

(Meteor Composite - Select of 223-B Images - 08 August 2016 - Nikon D300)

Nikon D300
30s f/2.8 at 10.5mm iso1250 full exif

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