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Post by BillW on Aug 7, 2012 12:40:14 GMT
Hi all,
Well, the weather forecast for the next few days looks pretty good.
Here's hoping it lasts through the weekend and we get good results for the Perseids.
Cheers,
Bill.
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Post by BillW on Aug 9, 2012 7:40:35 GMT
Hi,
Had a decent night last night with a good haul of Perseids. There were several quite bright ones.
Need to do the tally later after work.
Bill.
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Post by leolion on Aug 9, 2012 17:26:55 GMT
Here in Elland I had trouble with UFO Cap Pro on a dedicated PC failing to display the ccctv cam.Working OK the other day . Went to Plan B  & reverted to VHS tape. Nearly 4 hrs of video to check out now.Did an early hours visual in shorts then left the camera running! Persistent high pressure can mean poorer viewing as the high holds & it becomes hazier. |
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Post by stewartw on Aug 9, 2012 21:03:37 GMT
During the warm weather some of my PCs start to play up - just need to regularly hoover the air intakes  |
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Post by BillW on Aug 10, 2012 7:56:37 GMT
Hi,
Hoovering the pc, that made me chuckle. I might need to follow that example though as mine could probably do with a clean, the fan looks pretty filthy from the outside.
Last night was another good one for me. Over 100 recordings, a quick look over breakfast looks good with 60+ perseids.
cheers,
Bill.
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Post by BillW on Aug 10, 2012 18:40:05 GMT
Hi all,
For once the weather looks good, just getting the camera's and rotating shutter ready for this evening.
The Perseids even got a mention on the BBC weather.
Cheers,
Bill.
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Post by BillW on Aug 11, 2012 13:43:42 GMT
The reality of video observing....
Last night was really nice here. Sat back in the deckchair and enjoyed the show. Not too much visible activity but a few nice bright meteors were noted. Some haze and intermittent cloud did interrupt the proceedings as did the moon however it was a good nights observing.
I had two DSLR's running, took around 800 shots and caught 4 meteors, all looked faint and un-inspiring. Now the little watec next to me recorded over 100 and they looked great! Didn't catch one on the camera with rotating shutter.
A bit crude I suppose but at 25:1 the watec (and video observing) wins hands down again!!!
Conditions have deteriorated today but the watec will be out tonight in any case.
Cheers,
Bill.
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Post by BillW on Aug 11, 2012 22:00:54 GMT
Hi,
Currently looking at cloud, but the forecast here is for it to break a little later.
Anyone else had any luck with the shower so far?
Cheers,
Bill.
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Post by arp on Aug 12, 2012 11:47:44 GMT
Hi,
Poor observing conditions from Leeds. Here's my dates in August, with number of meteors captured and sky conditions:-
2/3 10 thin cloud
4/5 10 50% cloudy
6/7 20 variable cloud
8/9 26 clear, but session finished early
9/10 52 clear
10/11 4 cloud
11/12 0 cloud
I am doing 2-station work with stewartw, so we will be exchanging our UFO Analyser M*.csv files for analysis with UFO Orbit.
Clear skies,
Alex.
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Post by leolion on Aug 12, 2012 12:34:09 GMT
I've ca 8 hrs of video to work through now (cos UFO Cap did'nt !!) here in Elland, West Yorkshire . The last two nights have been clouded out . The night of August 10/11 was away from home using the Cannon DSLR/Intervalometer set up as I looked after my grandchildren . Last night was clouded & misted out . Smart phone satellite pics on weather sites that showed initial promise reflected the reality as the night moved on. We will see what the 'broken cloud' for tonight might bring. Hope others are fairing better.
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Post by stewartw on Aug 13, 2012 6:47:04 GMT
Not long back from an overseas trip with work - a quick review shows that in spite of the hazy skies, my cameras managaed to pick up dozens of meteors - I am the majority are Perseids but have yet to perform the analysis.
Will provide an update in the next couple of days.
Best regards
William
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Post by BillW on Aug 14, 2012 11:03:11 GMT
Hi, Here are a few shots from the videos of 2012/8/10/11. These were -1 (ish) or brighter. The first was a cracker, maybe -3 with a 2 second persistant train     This was a nice sporadic.  I packed up shortly after this, I'm getting to old to get up for work and stay up to 3.30am anymore!!! cheers, Bill. |
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Post by stewartw on Aug 14, 2012 18:46:13 GMT
Hi Bill,
Some very nice captures there - I assume you were facing East (as the moon is in the FOV).
Is the timestamp in GMT or BST - I've had a quick comparison against the captures Alex and I have made and can't see any duplicates. Have assumed that the time accuracy is better than +/- 5 seconds.
From the 1st Aug to the morning of 13th Aug my North facing camera captured a total of 186 with UFO Analyser reporting the following:
BPI August Beta Piscids 3
CAP alpha Capricornids 4
ERI eta Eridanids 4
KCG kappa Cygnids 6
PAU Piscis Austrinids 3
PER Perseids 122
SDA Southern delta Aquariids 6
Sporadics 38
Quite a few on the East facing camera too but have not yet analysed them - will need a clear night to register the FOV to get UFO Analyser to categorise them.
Best regards
William
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Post by arp on Aug 14, 2012 21:27:51 GMT
Hi William, We might also have some matching meteors on your East camera. See the attached example of my capture area. Clear skies, Alex. Attachments:
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Post by stewartw on Aug 15, 2012 6:44:08 GMT
Hi Alex, Agreed - I'm certain that we will have at least some simultaneous captures - I just need to go through the regstration exercise with UFO Analyser for this second (east facing) camera. Looking at the current weather forecast, there may be an opportunity to do this tonight  Best regards William |
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& reverted to VHS tape. Nearly 4 hrs of video to check out now.Did an early hours visual in shorts then left the camera running! Persistent high pressure can mean poorer viewing as the high holds & it becomes hazier.
