The Perseids meteor shower 2023


Date & Time: Aug 12 2023, from 23:44 to 25:46 JST(+0900)
Lighten-mode composite of 11 shots with 57sec. exposed
Optical: SIGMA 15mm EX Fish-eye, Aperture: F3.2
Auto-guided with EYEBELL CD-1 portable Equatorial
Digital camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Hitachi-oota city, Ibaraki pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...JPEG-FINE(7360×4912)
Device Size...FX format (36×24mm)
Sensitivity...ISO4000, White Balance...Daylight


This image is a composite of meteor photographs taken on the night before the peak of the Perseid meteor shower in 2023. Despite unfavorable weather conditions on the following peak day, a meteor shower was observed at a rate of approximately 2 to 3 meteors per minute on that night.
The brightest meteor seen parallel to the Milky Way in the upper left corner of the image is a -2nd magnitude bolide that appeared around 24:50. A faint meteor train was detected for about 3 minutes.



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