{"id":626,"date":"2016-08-18T22:24:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T22:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2016\/08\/18\/2016_perseid_me\/"},"modified":"2023-12-24T06:27:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T06:27:26","slug":"2016_perseid_me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2016\/08\/18\/2016_perseid_me\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Perseid Meteor Shower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got out to Sunset Crater National Monument northeast of Flagstaff, AZ to photograph and just bask in what turned out to be an awesome display. Running a couple cameras, I was not counting meteors every minute of every hour, but kind of collected numbers in batches:<br \/>\n0930-1030Z = 63 Perseids \/ 7 sporadics [rate of 63\/hr]<br \/>\n1050-1105Z = 37 Perseids \/ 1 sporadic [rate of 148\/hr]<br \/>\n1105-1120Z = 21 Perseids \/ 3 sporadics [rate of 84\/hr]<br \/>\n1130-1200Z = 55 Perseids \/ 4 sporadics [rate of 110\/hr]<br \/>\nNo single hour added up close to 100\/hr, but shorter 15-30 minute spans were pretty good in between lulls.<\/p>\n<div class=\"imageblock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2016\/img20160812-IMG_2647-Composite_1280px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2016\/img20160812-IMG_2647-Composite_640px.jpg\" width=\"520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\"><b>Composite shot covering multiple exposures between 2:36-4:29AM (0936-1129 UT).<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> There are 48 Perseids\u2014including two spectacular fireballs\u2014and 5 sporadics included in the shot. Each shot has been de-rotated\/repositioned to account for Earth&#8217;s rotation and to align the meteor to the star field that it crossed at the time of the exposure. All but four of the exposures were shot with a Canon T3i\/600D and Rokinon 16 mm f\/2 at 10 seconds, f\/2, ISO 3200. The remaining four were captured by a Canon T3i\/600D and Canon EF-S 10-22 mm at 10 seconds, 10 mm, f\/3.5, ISO 6400.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After years of trying, I finally had a lens capable of f\/2 and a fireball that wound up centered in the frame. It left a bright train that visually lasted over 30 seconds, followed by an orange train that was picked up by the time lapse camera from 0940 to at least 1025Z &#8230;so 45 minutes for sure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"imageblock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2016\/img20160812-IMG_2647-Sequence_1920px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2016\/img20160812-IMG_2647-Sequence_640px.jpg\" width=\"520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\"><b>Persistent Train Sequence shot from 2:40-2:43 \/ 0940-0943Z \u2014 12 August 2016<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imageblock\"><b>Time Lapse Video<\/b><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/178654321\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/178654321\">2016 Perseid Fireball<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/perezmedia\">Jeremy Perez<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap160819.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Featured on Astronomy Picture of the Day &#8211; 19 August 2016<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got out to Sunset Crater National Monument northeast of Flagstaff, AZ to photograph and just bask in what turned out to be an awesome display. Running a couple cameras, I was not counting meteors every minute of every hour, but kind&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-astro-photography"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img20160812-IMG_2647-Composite_1280px.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":550,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2010\/10\/06\/drawn_to_the_un_15\/","url_meta":{"origin":626,"position":0},"title":"Drawn to the UniverseOCTOBER 2010 &#8211; Perseid Meteor Shower","author":"jperez1690","date":"October 6, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Positive Sketch of 2010 PerseidsClick image to view larger version. 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