[LargeFormat] Leonid Meteor Shower

[Tim Atherton]

clear skies here too right now - N of 60degrees - hopefully we'll get
meteors and Northern lights... :-)

tim a

> -----Original Message-----
> From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
> Behalf Of Karl Wolz
> Sent: November 17, 2001 9:32 AM
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Leonid Meteor Shower
>
>
> Clear skies here!  Just hop on the Concorde and visit us in the SW!
>
> Karl
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clive Warren" <cocam@cableinet.co.uk>
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 9:02 AM
> Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] Leonid Meteor Shower
>
>
> > At 8:34 am -0600 17/11/01, Michael Briggs wrote:
> > >On 17-Nov-01 Clive Warren wrote:
> > >>  There are fairly reliable predictions that meteor shower at its peak
> > >>  may produce thousands of meteors per hour.
> > >
> > >The meteor shower will be worth seeing, but don't count on
> thousands per
> hour.
> > >Such predictions for the Leonids were also made in recent years, and
> > >didn't pan
> > >out.
> > >
> > >If you want to take photos, use a fast film, fast lens, and a wide or
> normal
> > >lens.  This is one area that you are more likely to get
> results with a 35
> mm
> > >camera (: because of the faster lenses available.
> > >
> > >--Michael
> >
> > Michael,
> >
> > I think that the advance in prediction techniques was made a couple
> > of years ago - the shower last year confirmed that the predictions
> > worked very well.
> >
> > As for technique - yep and thanks for the advice. I am hoping to use
> > a 7" aero Ektar on 4x5. This has an aperture of f2.5 and is corrected
> > for infinity - probably performs very well wide open. This is one of
> > those times that not having a shutter is an advantage in the dark -
> > just take the lens cap off :-)
> >
> > As for film - B&W 400ASA pushed one stop. As you seem to know a bit
> > about astro photography, what do you think my chances are?  I
> > understand that the meteors will probably be as bright as the the
> > brightest stars but will be very fast moving.
> >
> > This is all armchair work and will probably remain so given the cloud
> > cover we have here in England at the moment. The forecast is for more
> > cloud :-(
> >
> > Cheers,
> >         Clive
> >
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