Something a little different for
            this years meteor shower. For two nights we set up the Aurora
            Cam and from 9pm to 5am on both nights, 48 images were taken
            automatically. A 50mm f/2.8 lens was used which seemed more effective
            than the 28mm at capturing the meteors. 4 meteors were recorded,
            all near midnight. The ASA 800 Fuji Superia has poor reciprocity
            failure, but high speed so was perfect for this type of work.

            
Three images of each meteor
            are shown. The first is a clickable thumbnail for the full 1200
            sized image. The second is a 100 percent crop of the original
            scan to show the overall appearance. The third is a graphic profile
            from top to bottom along the meteors path. Can you tell the meteors
            direction from the path? Lets see...


            

Frame 3
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Meteors start out dim,
            gradually build and then burn up rapidly as they slam into the
            denser parts of the atmosphere. So here, the meteor probably
            went from right to left, or bottom to top in the image.


            

Frame 7
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This one is very symmetrical
            so no conclusions can be drawn from this one.


            

Frame 8
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From right to left. The
            slow increase, a few star spikes, and then a more rapid decline.


            

Frame 10
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A very obvious one, from
            upper left to lower right. 


Instrument:  50mm f/2.8 Pentax Super Taukumar with K1000 Camera
Platform:  Robotic Barn door mount
Film:  Fuji Superia 800
Exposure:  10 mins
Filters:  NONE
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 6/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  0 C
Processing: Photoshop, PixInsight.
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