[LargeFormat] Leonid Meteor Shower

[Karl Wolz]

Clear skies here!  Just hop on the Concorde and visit us in the SW!

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Clive Warren" <cocam@cableinet.co.uk>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 9:02 AM
Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] Leonid Meteor Shower


> At 8:34 am -0600 17/11/01, Michael Briggs wrote:
> >On 17-Nov-01 Clive Warren wrote:
> >>  There are fairly reliable predictions that meteor shower at its peak
> >>  may produce thousands of meteors per hour.
> >
> >The meteor shower will be worth seeing, but don't count on thousands per
hour.
> >Such predictions for the Leonids were also made in recent years, and
> >didn't pan
> >out.
> >
> >If you want to take photos, use a fast film, fast lens, and a wide or
normal
> >lens.  This is one area that you are more likely to get results with a 35
mm
> >camera (: because of the faster lenses available.
> >
> >--Michael
>
> Michael,
>
> I think that the advance in prediction techniques was made a couple
> of years ago - the shower last year confirmed that the predictions
> worked very well.
>
> As for technique - yep and thanks for the advice. I am hoping to use
> a 7" aero Ektar on 4x5. This has an aperture of f2.5 and is corrected
> for infinity - probably performs very well wide open. This is one of
> those times that not having a shutter is an advantage in the dark -
> just take the lens cap off :-)
>
> As for film - B&W 400ASA pushed one stop. As you seem to know a bit
> about astro photography, what do you think my chances are?  I
> understand that the meteors will probably be as bright as the the
> brightest stars but will be very fast moving.
>
> This is all armchair work and will probably remain so given the cloud
> cover we have here in England at the moment. The forecast is for more
> cloud :-(
>
> Cheers,
>         Clive
>
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