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Subject: [Leica] Last night meteor shower
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:28:45 -0500
References: <mailman.1137.1281747466.66617.lug@leica-users.org> <SNT121-DS11C4EBA4B62B9A4434D098D4990@phx.gbl>

Hey, that's pretty faint, but, with your hint, I finally located it.  Nice, 
clear images of the stars.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aram Langhans" <leicar at q.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 9:23 PM
Subject: [Leica] Last night meteor shower


> Tried my had until the sky got a bit overcast.  Not very active when I was 
> shooting at around 10:45.  I hear it was suppose to be peak between 
> midnight and 2AM.  I looked out about 12:30 and it was cloudy so I stayed 
> in bed.
>
> This was my best shot:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/228399-1/meteor-1791-Edit.jpg
>
> If you use your imagination you can see the meteor above the roof about 
> half way up the sky.  Maybe I'll try again tonight.  I only saw one while 
> setting up.  I exposed about 20 frames at 30 seconds and two frames caught 
> one. Also caught a plane that I thought was a meteor until I looked and 
> saw the light was intermittent.  Darn.  It looked pretty good.
>
>
> Aram
>
>
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