Saturday, May 24, 2014

Camelopardalids from Bear Branch Natural center

At first: that was complete disappointment.Hundreds of meteors have being predicted, but I'm not sure if I sow one.

Nevertheless, that was perfect night for observations. Wind was very calm, no clouds, just a little of light pollution. Can easily see Milky Way.
Before starting meteor observations I spotted few Messier objects and Saturn.

Here are my pictures.

That is Mars above Bear Branch Natural Center

Big Dipper behind a light pole.


For two hours of time-lapsing captured only couple of flashes. That is one of them (left-top corner). Polaris is a bright star on the right side.

I've never seen flares from satellites before, so I can't say is it a flare or it is one of rare meteors (in the middle). On the left side ISS track is captured.
Here is the same one close up. Can anybody say if it a satellite or a meteor?
That night a lot of observers saw a lot of rotating satellites. They appear moving in the sky an disappear, then reappear again. That is one of them (middle-top above Polaris):

Here is another one. Barely can see another rotating one (on the upper left of Polaris)
Here is the second capture meteor splash (very top at the center)
Here is regular faint satellite (top center)

That was all. At about 4:30 A.M Moon rise and all stars disappeared.

That is Moon much later. After sunrise:

Amazingly bright Venus. Still could see it about 40 minutes after sunrise without binoculars.

Do not know. Is it bad focus or my camera actually captured the Venus shape.

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