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Post by Paul Evans on Jan 4, 2010 7:53:53 GMT
Well I got some shots of the sky in the window of opportunity between the end of twilight and moonrise. Saw a superb fireball just as I was going out, mag -1 travelled across from Ursa Major towards Capella - this was 1815 UT - no photo sadly. Saw half a dozen meteors from Ballygally Beach - two photographed, see below. The glow over the sea where the Moon would rise an hour later was quite uncanny! The meteor is to the left of Perseus, there are also two sat trails to the right. Paul.
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Post by brianb on Jan 4, 2010 10:42:22 GMT
Well done!
I also made use of the "dark window" to observe variables, I wasn't watching for meteors and didn't see any. I did see a few Quarantids between clouds on the morning of the 3rd though.
Your "moon dawn" image is amazing! Pity about the lighthouse. Is the "ship" on the horizon the top of Ailsa Craig?
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Post by Paul Evans on Jan 4, 2010 13:09:04 GMT
Thanks Brian. The lighthouse is the Maiden Rocks off Larne - I have in the past taken 8 sec exposures to avoid it but this was 15 secs so it's there! Yes, the rock is Ailsa Craig and the mountains of the Isle of Arran are visible to the far left. Bright stars above the lighthouse are Castor and Pollux while M44 is visible to the upper left of the lighthouse.
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