LEONID METEOR SHOWER - NOVEMBER 18, 2001

SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND - USA

One of the few that I got in the 20 pics I took between 4am and 6am. This shot is sized up, from the edge of one picture. Note  brighter area in corner, this was actually near a vignetted area on the shot.

November 18, 2001, @ apprx 5am EST 

Pentax K1000 Body, Pentax 50mm SMC @ F/1.7, Rokinon UV Filter

No Autoguider, Piggyback mount.

Kodak PJM-2 Multispeed @640 Unhypered 

1 x 8 Minute Exposure

Scanned in ACER 2720, Digital Enhanced in Photoshop

 

LEONID METEOR BREAKUP
This is an image taken after twilight has begun (around 5:45am EST). This is image is cropped, with size increase, to show the clear breakup of the meteor into at least two, or possibly three, segments. Exposure over 5 minutes, too long for most of my pictures, especially the later ones.