[LargeFormat] Leonid Meteor Shower
Clive Warren
largeformat@f32.net
Fri Nov 30 08:36:05 2001
At 20:09 27/11/01 +0000, Pete Caluori wrote:
>>From: Clive Warren <cocam@cableinet.co.uk>
><snip>
>>
>>So how did those photos turn out?
>>
>>Did anyone else set up a camera of any sort, shape or description for
>>the meteors?
>There were about 50 people viewing the shower and no one had a camera,
>including me! I just didn't think it would be that good! When I got back
>home, I set the 120 camera pointed at the North star. Suprisingly, I only
>captured one meteor trail in a corner of the frame. Most of the
>spectacular tralis I saw earlier, were in the West and South, so perhaps
>that's why I didn't catch many, or it was too late.
Well at least you had a good view of them. I guess by the deafening silence
that most people elected to simply watch the show along with a few friends
and some mulled wine :-)
Keeping my fingers crossed for next year.
Cheers,
Clive