Day 3 Leonids

Nov18
by kevin on November 18, 2009 at 08:55 and modified on December 8, 2009. at 20:26
Posted In: astronomy

Amazingly enough, this is the 3rd straight day of getting up early early early to observe the Leonid Meteor Shower. The peak was supposed to be yesterday (Tuesday Nov 17) around 17:00 EST. We observed Tuesday morning approx 9 to 10 hours before peak and it was pretty slow (maybe 6 meteors?)
This morning was about 11 hours post peak and it was much busier… maybe 12+ for Kim and a good 6+ for me.

The fun part was coming in for coffee and watching the latest episode of the Big Bang Theory featuring the guys going out to the desert to watch the Leonid Meteor Shower!
20091118-02-sirius-orion-hyades

20091118-10-hyades-pleiades

20091118-11-kingstonlightdome
These are all 64sec exposures using our canon powershot A540 camera
on a tripod, unguided.