Getting ready for the 2021 Perseids

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Getting ready for the 2021 Perseids

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Getting ready for the 2021 Perseids

2020 VIDEO

PERSEID METEOR SHOWER (20200813) | Pedro RE'
OCULUS | Starlight Xpress (all-sky camera)
1/2" Format All-Sky CCD camera
1.45 Million Pixels | 1.55mm objective
30s integrations (dusk to dawn) - Moon 38%
http://pedroreastrophotography.com/

ImageOCULUS_20210811_MOSAIC by Pedro Re', on Flickr

ImageStarlight_Xpress_OCULUS_20210811-009 by Pedro Re', on Flickr

ImageStarlight_Xpress_OCULUS_20210811-008 by Pedro Re', on Flickr

ImageStarlight_Xpress_OCULUS_20210811-005 by Pedro Re', on Flickr


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Re: Getting ready for the 2021 Perseids

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Yes Pedro, I guess it's that time of year again and at the moment here in the S.E.England the sky is clear, so might well do some more Oculusing tonight, but hopefully more successful than last year.

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Excellent Pedro :hamster: I hope you have some success :hamster:

It is always the blue sky problem here ;)

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Thanks Terry & Alexandra

I had clear skies yesterday but a low transparency. Fingers crossed for today... (good weather forecast)


PERSEID METEOR SHOWER (20210811) | Pedro RE'
OCULUS | Starlight Xpress (all-sky camera)
1/2" Format All-Sky CCD camera
1.55mm objective | 30s integrations | Moon 10%
http://pedroreastrophotography.com/


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I set-up and recorded for around 3-hours last night 11/12th before the clouds completely rolled over around midnight/Z, nothing seen except loads of aircraft, contrails, satellites and clouds.
Yes the contrails are back and no doubt will get worse to spoil our blue or dark-skies...

Thanks Pedro

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Hi Pedro,

Very nice All Sky video. From what I saw in your video it confirms my suspiscion that this year they where very sparse ...

Saludos y Obrigado

I forgot to start my camera ... :(


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I agree with you Rainer, but I have captured a few overnight this 12/13th and as I write this, the Oculus camera is still running.

I guess since around 2100z until about 0400z I wrill have captured around 20-Gbytes of data to review and at least watching the AVI's doesn't take too- long. Will then have to extract the relevant snap-shots from those files.

Perfectly clear skies here - all night too.

Pedro - will look at your captures when I wake-up sometime on Friday...

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I set the alarm for 2.45am this morning as the forecast was for clear skies. Of course it was cloudy apart from a beautiful blue sky to the North, I bet Stuart had a good view. I saw 2 but only in the blue hole in the north. I gave up after half an hour as it was a bit pointless ;)

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Beautiful weather here for the 2021 Perseids (clear skies all night, 20% Moon)


PERSEID METEOR SHOWER (20210812/13) | Pedro RE'
OCULUS | Starlight Xpress All-Sky CCD camera
1/2" Format | 1.55mm objective
30s integrations | Moon 21% (dusk to dawn 20:25/04:45 UTC)
http://pedroreastrophotography.com/

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Many thanks Pedro for your excellent OCULUS-ing.

I haven't had a chance to review my 6-hours/17-Gbyte of files, but caught quite a few Perseids plus numerous over-flight aircraft, satellites and insects too all in perfect seeing until the last few minutes before dawn.

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Thanks Terry

Here is another video with the Starlight Xpress Oculus


PERSEID METEOR SHOWER (20210813/14) | Pedro RE'
OCULUS | Starlight Xpress All-Sky CCD camera
1/2" Format | 1.55mm objective
30s integrations | Moon 31% (dusk to dawn))
http://pedroreastrophotography.com/


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Thank you Pedro for that video. I also have a made-to-measure cover on mine, when left outside during day-lights, as don't like the idea of having Sun-light through an uncovered lens and camera, as well as keeping the crawlies and flying-whatever's from using it as a landing platform.

You've certainly also captured the aircraft too and your Oculus and it's case etc., is exactly as mine came in January'20.

Yours also show clearly the Milky Way and I've yet to get that view as good of yours. Perhaps tonight if the sky-view allows, I will need to adjust the settings to get similar to your video shows...

I can of course use either the spare Altair GPCAMM's with their ultra wide-angles lenses, but the 3 ZWO cams will remain on the Tri-Scope Assembly.

Your second A-S-C looks interesting. In your opinion which is the best of the two ?

I've still to look through all the Perseid files..

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Montana wrote: Fri Aug 13, 2021 6:55 am I set the alarm for 2.45am this morning as the forecast was for clear skies. Of course it was cloudy apart from a beautiful blue sky to the North, I bet Stuart had a good view. I saw 2 but only in the blue hole in the north. I gave up after half an hour as it was a bit pointless ;)

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Unfortunately for me I was further south and a little west, in Wales….and asleep :roll: …. :lol:

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