A fair few members attended the Brian Stokes Cygnus Observatory for some early sightings of the annual Perseid meteor shower on the night of the 11th August - one night ahead of the expected peak due to adverse weather forecast for the night of the 12th. Despite some clouds and a few light showers, quite a few fainter meteors wee seen and one extremely bright fireball at 23:37 which amazed and delighted attendees.as it streaked across the sky blazing bright as it fragmented and exploded in the sky behind some broken clouds.The image was one of 175 x 50s time-lapse images taken with a Sony A77 Milc camera using a 16mm F2.8 lens shot at ISO 1000. The camera was driven with an AstroTrac mounted on a fixed tripod.
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Chris Bowden
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