Anyone got any Perseid plans this year?

[david1701]

I'm hoping the cloud cover shifts!

 

[Arvorphoto]

Sadly looks like the cloud cover will prevent Cornwall from seeing the peak

 

[david1701]

Sadly looks like the cloud cover will prevent Cornwall from seeing the peak

Are you down this way too? I'm just in devon and am contemplating Hartland lighthouse if it clears up

 

[Vintage Racer]

looking cloudy here in S W France.

 

[Arvorphoto]

Are you down this way too? I'm just in devon and am contemplating Hartland lighthouse if it clears up

Yes David, I live in Cornwall. I was fancying Colliford Lake on Bodmin Moor

 

[hunnymonster]

No plans, just hopeless optimism here

 

[LeeRatters]

Just checked the weather and tonight looks the clearest. We've just arrived in Weymouthish today so me and the boy are heading out tonight! Milky Way at least fingers crossed!

 

[Petrochemist]

The plans are simple, check the cloud cover Tuesday night. Swear & go read/watch TV...
Or just possibly head for a dark spot on the coast about 15 miles from here and try to capture some images.
Recent form suggests about a 99% chance i won't get beyond the first line.

 

[david1701]

Yes David, I live in Cornwall. I was fancying Colliford Lake on Bodmin Moor

Good shout, I love that bit of moor

I really want to head down bodmin way and shoot some super stereotypical dual carriageway light trails one night

 

[Pound Coin]

I read 12-13th is the best time, is it a bit earlier?

 

[david1701]

I read 12-13th is the best time, is it a bit earlier?

The shower will be denser then but there might be cloud cover so best is a bit mushy

 

[Pound Coin]

OK - will look at how the cloud cover is, thanks

 

[Pete R]

Either head to the marsh about 5 minutes away or try further in land about 30 mins away that’s quite out the way. As has been said if the cloud looks thicker I’ll just have a cuppa and off to bed.

 

[david1701]

I didn't get any perseids but did get some lightning

 

[Pound Coin]

Saw one good one tonight.

 

[Petrochemist]

I had reasonably clear skies on Tuesday night, so headed out, with my younger son, to a spot 5-10 miles away where more sky is visible than from our driveway. We didn't see a single meteor in over an hour, but I think my camera picked up one. Despite the rural location without a village within 2 miles the degree of sky glow was alarming.

I didn't get any perseids but did get some lightning

The only other time I remember successfully capturing a Perseid was a couple of years ago at my Brothers place (very rural mid France)
I actually caught some distant lightning in the same shot!
shooting star + lightning by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

 

[david1701]

I had reasonably clear skies on Tuesday night, so headed out, with my younger son, to a spot 5-10 miles away where more sky is visible than from our driveway. We didn't see a single meteor in over an hour, but I think my camera picked up one. Despite the rural location without a village within 2 miles the degree of sky glow was alarming.



The only other time I remember successfully capturing a Perseid was a couple of years ago at my Brothers place (very rural mid France)
I actually caught some distant lightning in the same shot!
shooting star + lightning by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

thats lovely

 

[Petrochemist]

thats lovely

Thanks, it would have been nice to have got it square, but it's so far out that I lose all the best bits in leveling it.

 

[david1701]

Thanks, it would have been nice to have got it square, but it's so far out that I lose all the best bits in leveling it.

its so far out it looks intentional

 

[Petrochemist]

its so far out it looks intentional

Well I could claim to have used 'Dutch tilt' because of my Dads nationality (he was Dutch even though I was 5 before he first visited Holland) but it was probably just me put the camera down on a table facing roughly the right way.